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	great_a	know_v	972	5	3.2394	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96614	Mr. Cottons letter lately printed, examined and ansvvered: by Roger Williams of Providence in New·England.	Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.	1644 (1644)	Wing W2767; Thomason E31_16; ESTC R11382	47,388	50

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