Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	find_v	see_v	890	5	2.6574	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12281	Here begynneth a lytell treatyse named the bowge of courte	Skelton, John, 1460?-1529.	1499 (1499)	STC 22597; ESTC S100972	9,235	26

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