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	know_v	see_v	995	5	2.8720	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86553	The declaration of the Right Honorable, Ralph Lord Hopton, Liftenant Generall of all His Majesties forces designed for the west of England. To all His Majesties loving subjects inhabiting in the severall counties of Cornwall, Devonshire, Summerset, Wilts, Bristoll, Bath and Wells, and the counties adjacent. From Plymouth, May. 20. 1650.	Hopton, Ralph Hopton, Baron, 1598-1652.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2757; Thomason E602_11; ESTC R206872	3,780	8

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