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	know_v	see_v	1,140	5	2.8846	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06931	The famous whore, or noble curtizan conteining the lamentable complaint of Paulina, the famous Roman curtizan, sometimes mes. vnto the great Cardinall Hypolito, of Est. By Garuis Markham.	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.; Du Bellay, Joachim, 1525 (ca.)-1560. Vieille courtisane.	1609 (1609)	STC 17359; ESTC S109847	19,724	42

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