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_v	good_a	see_v	1,023	5	2.8313	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20012	The deceyte of women, to the instruction and ensample of all men yonge and olde, newly corrected.		1557 (1557)	STC 6451; ESTC S118244	43,590	80

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