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	gentleman_n	letter_n	942	5	7.5099	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66889	An answer to the gentleman's letter to his friend shewing that bishops may be judges in causes capital.	Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.	1680 (1680)	Wing W3333; ESTC R34097	18,918	24

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