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	see_v	1,212	5	2.9648	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63822	Meditations divine & morall by H.T. ...	Tubbe, Henry, 1617 or 18-1655.	1659 (1659)	Wing T3208; ESTC R3392	40,998	194

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