Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	believe_v	great_a	think_v	786	5	3.6869	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18601	The ghosts of the deceased sieurs, de Villemor, and de Fontaines A most necessarie discourse of duells: wherein is shewed the meanes to roote them out quite. With the discourse of valour. By the Sieur de Chevalier. To the King. The third edition reviewed, corrected, and augmented in French, and translated by Tho. Heigham, Esquire.; Ombres des défuncts sieurs de Villemor et de Fontaines. English	Chevalier, Guillaume de, ca. 1564-ca. 1620.; Heigham, Thomas.	1624 (1624)	STC 5129; ESTC S107802	63,364	172

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