Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	begin_v	great_a	king_n	989	5	3.5447	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01989	The strange discovery a tragi-comedy. Written by I.G. Gent.	J. G. (John Gough), fl. 1640.; Heliodorus, of Emesa.	1640 (1640)	STC 12133; ESTC S103348	49,141	90

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