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	think_v	986	5	3.7728	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19921	Epigrammes and elegies by I.D. and C.M.	Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626.; Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.	1599 (1599)	STC 6350.5; ESTC S318	16,435	54

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