Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	better_a	good_a	know_v	1,106	5	3.3360	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74717	The amourous fantasme a tragi-comedy. By Sr. William Lower knight.	Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688.; Lower, William, Sir, 1600?-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing Q215; Thomason E2108_1; ESTC R210061	35,004	96

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