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	time_n	955	5	3.4241	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64557	The Presbyterians unmask'd, or, Animadversions upon a nonconformist book, called The interest of England in the matter of religion	S. T. (Samuel Thomas), 1627-1693.	1676 (1676)	Wing T973; ESTC R2499	102,965	210

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