Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	army_n	king_n	send_v	1,066	5	5.3865	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80469	A copy of a letter sent by the agents of severall regiments of his Excellencies army, (that are resolved to the last drop of their bloud, to stand for the liberties and freedome of the people of England,) to all the souldiers in the said armie. Novemb. 11. 1647.	Sexby, Edward, d. 1658.	1647 (1647)	Wing C6134; Thomason E413_18; ESTC R204490	2,903	4

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