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	love_n	love_v	889	5	5.9408	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16778	The pilgrimage to paradise, ioyned with the Countesse of Penbrookes loue, compiled in verse by Nicholas Breton Gentleman	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1592 (1592)	STC 3683; ESTC S104761	36,992	96

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in_o your_o service_n to_o conclude_v i_o beseech_v you_o so_o savour_v my_o labour_n as_o to_o look_v on_o the_o work_n think_v not_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o troie_n but_o help_v to_o build_v up_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o figure_n if_o it_o seem_v obscure_a let_v the_o poor_a pilgrim_n that_o seek_v paradise_n find_v heaven_n the_o better_a by_o your_o favour_n to_o the_o comfort_n of_o which_o commit_v under_o heaven_n the_o hope_n of_o my_o heart_n happiness_n with_o humble_a prayer_n for_o your_o eternal_a prosperity_n i_o rest_v in_o no_o less_o bind_a duty_n then_o humble_a service_n your_o lad●…shippes_n unworthy_a name_v poet_n nicholas_n breton_n to_o the_o gentleman_n studient_n and_o scholar_n of_o oxford_n gentleman_n i_o be_o persuade_v you_o will_v think_v it_o not_o a_o little_a f●…lly_n in_o i_o to_o have_v enter_v into_o so_o great_a a_o presumption_n as_o before_o the_o ●…ies_n of_o so_o many_o discreet_a judgement_n to_o adventure_v the_o press_n with_o the_o simple_a fruit_n of_o my_o imperfect_a labour_n yet_o when_o i_o remember_v that_o virtue_n be_v the_o honour_n of_o all_o art_n and_o that_o my_o muse_n have_v not_o altogether_o stray_v from_o the_o strain_n of_o that_o divine_a humour_n i_o will_v rather_o hope_v of_o your_o undeserued_a favour_n then_o look_v for_o my_o desert_n in_o the_o contrary_a the_o occasion_n that_o make_v i_o first_o enter_v into_o this_o action_n be_v to_o acquaint_v the_o honest_a mind_n of_o virtuous_a disposition_n with_o the_o heavenly_a meditation_n of_o a_o honourable_a lady_n the_o weak_a discourse_n whereof_o far_o short_a of_o her_o worthiness_n in_o true_a worth_n true_o we●…de_v i_o have_v here_o rather_o adventure_v to_o the_o correction_n of_o the_o learned_a then_o else_o where_o will_v have_v pass_v to_o the_o commendation_n of_o the_o ignorant_a give_v i_o then_o leave_v with_o this_o book_n to_o honour_v she_o and_o for_o all_o other_o i_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o carry_v they_o after_o any_o of_o you_o in_o witness_n whereof_o i_o have_v hereto_o subscribe_v my_o name_n this_o 12_o of_o april_n 1592._o a_o poor_a well_o willer_n to_o your_o worthiness_n nicholas_n breton_n gentleman_n there_o have_v be_v of_o late_o print_v in_o london_n by_o one_o richard_n joanes_n a_o printer_n a_o book_n of_o english_a verse_n entitle_v breton_n bower_n of_o delighe_n i_o protest_v it_o be_v do_v altogether_o without_o my_o consent_n or_o knowledge_n &_o many_o thing_n of_o other_o man_n mingle_v with_o few_o of_o i_o for_o except_o amoris_fw-la lachrima_fw-la a_o epitaphe_n upon_o sir_n philip_n sidney_n and_o one_o or_o two_o other_o toy_n which_o i_o know_v not_o how_o he_o unhappy_o come_v by_o i_o have_v no_o part_n with_o any_o of_o they_o and_o so_o i_o beseech_v you_o assure_o believe_v to_o my_o honest_a trvefriende_n master_n nicholas_n breton_n it_o be_v a_o needless_a thing_n friend_n breton_n in_o these_o our_o day_n to_o revive_v the_o old_a art_n of_o 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