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
A20513	A pleasant countrey new ditty: merrily shewing how to driue the cold winter away To the tune of, when Phœbus did rest, &c.		1625 (1625)	STC 6923; ESTC S113519	1,432	2

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