Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	best_a	good_a	let_v	922	5	3.9301	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16662	The golden fleece VVhereto bee annexed two elegies, entitled Narcissus change. And Æsons dotage. By Richard Brathvvayte Gentleman.	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1611 (1611)	STC 3568; ESTC S104678	36,955	117

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