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	good_a	time_n	1,485	5	3.2096	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02255	Greuous grones for the poore Done by a well-willer, who wisheth, that the poore of England might be so prouided for, as none should neede to go a begging within this realme.	Sparke, Michael, d. 1653, attributed name.; Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632, attributed name.	1621 (1621)	STC 12391; ESTC S105876	6,822	30

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