Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bear_v	good_a	love_n	1,122	5	5.1441	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02230	Fidessa, more chaste then kinde. By B. Griffin, gent	Griffin, B., gent.; Griffin, Bartholomew, d. 1602, attributed author.	1596 (1596)	STC 12367; ESTC S104847	14,581	67

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