Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	belove_v	love_n	love_v	1,060	5	6.6791	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17043	The shepheards pipe	Browne, William, 1590-ca. 1645.; Davies, John, 1565?-1618.; Brooke, Christopher, d. 1628.; Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1614 (1614)	STC 3917; ESTC S120988	41,724	126

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