Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_n	answer_v	letter_n	1,077	5	7.3824	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88214	A letter of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburns, written to Mr. John Price of Colemanstreet London, (and a member of Mr. John Goodwins congregation) the 31. of March 1651. about the harsh and unequal dealing that his unckle Mr. George Lilburn, and several others of his family findes from the hands of Sir Arthur Haslerig. Unto which is annexed Mr. John Price his answer thereunto.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.; Price, John, Citizen of London.	1651 (1651)	Wing L2133; Thomason E626_19; ESTC R206552	8,487	12

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the_o meeting_n of_o the_o country_n to_o put_v the_o commission_n of_o array_n in_o execution_n do_v oppose_v it_o say_v the_o parliament_n do_v declare_v it_o to_o be_v illegal_a and_o they_o further_o say_v that_o mr._n george_n lilburn_n have_v be_v then_o imprison_v for_o his_o affection_n to_o the_o parliament_n if_o he_o have_v not_o flee_v out_o of_o durham_n private_o mr._n robert_n sharp_a mr._n rob._n carr_n mr._n henry_n lever_n mr._n gilbert_n martial_n and_o thomas_n chilton_n say_v that_o george_n lilburn_n be_v about_o the_o 11._o of_o november_n 1642._o for_o his_o affection_n to_o the_o parliament_n take_v prisoner_n by_o one_o of_o the_o earl_n of_o newcastle_n colonel_n and_o be_v barbarous_o use_v force_v to_o go_v on_o foot_n pinion_v with_o rope_n arm_z to_z arm_z with_o some_o other_o well-affected_a man_n through_o the_o dirt_n after_o the_o carriage_n from_o durham_n to_o york_n gatehouse_n have_v neither_o fire_n nor_o bed_n meat_n nor_o drink_n for_o 3._o day_n and_o 3._o night_n and_o that_o the_o say_v george_n lilburn_n be_v afterward_o remove_v and_o imprison_v for_o above_o 6_o month_n in_o york-castle_n where_o he_o be_v sometime_o in_o the_o dungeon_n sometime_o in_o the_o common_a goal_n and_o martin_n foster_n say_v he_o see_v the_o say_a george_n lilburn_n prisoner_n in_o york_n in_o the_o king_n force_n in_o august_n 1643._o mr._n john_n smart_n and_o mr._n robert_n sharp_a examine_v say_v that_o in_o their_o hear_n the_o say_a george_n lilburn_n during_o his_o imprisonment_n be_v very_o often_o above_o ten_o time_n solicit_v by_o mr._n ralph_n hambleton_n to_o give_v any_o small_a matter_n to_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o e._n of_o newcastle_n either_o a_o horse_n or_o the_o like_a and_o his_o enlargement_n shall_v be_v procure_v but_o the_o say_v george_n lilburn_n refuse_v always_o say_v he_o have_v rather_o rot_v in_o prison_n then_o give_v any_o thing_n to_o that_o service_n thomas_n chilton_n examine_v be_v the_o party_n mention_v in_o the_o charge_n to_o serve_v for_o george_n lilburn_n in_o col._n hiltons_n regiment_n against_o the_o parliamen_n say_v that_o he_o never_o do_v bear_v arm_n for_o george_n lilburn_n against_o the_o parliament_n neither_o do_v the_o say_a george_n lilburn_n ever_o desire_v he_o so_o to_o do_v and_o mr._n george_n grace_n mr._n john_n smart_n and_o the_o say_v thomas_n chilton_n say_v that_o col._n hiltons_n regiment_n begin_v to_o be_v raise_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o decemb._n 1642._o and_o mr._n george_n grace_n relate_v from_o the_o say_v col._n hiltons_n mouth_n that_o the_o commission_n of_o the_o say_v col._n hilton_n to_o raise_v his_o regiment_n bear_v date_n the_o 24._o of_o decemb._n and_o they_o all_o say_v that_o the_o say_v george_n lilburn_n be_v a_o prisoner_n before_o that_o time_n mr._n gilbert_n martial_n mr._n henry_n lever_n mr._n george_n grace_n mr._n robert_n sharp_a examine_v say_v that_o they_o have_v live_v in_o the_o same_o country_n 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