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	great_a	letter_n	916	5	6.8005	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88885	A letter from one of the persons under censure of Parliament, written upon the publishing of his Majesties late speech in the Vpper-House, with an answer thereunto.	W. L.	1660 (1660)	Wing L91; Thomason E765_5; ESTC R207139	2,785	7

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