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	time_n	862	5	3.3088	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12628	Marie Magdalens funeral teares	Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595.	1591 (1591)	STC 22950; ESTC S111081	49,543	152

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