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	know_v	let_v	1,028	5	3.6043	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16803	Grandsire graybeard. Or Machiauell displayed; Uncasing of Machivils instructions to his sonne. Abridgments	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?; M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?, attributed name.	1635 (1635)	STC 3704.9; ESTC S110244	8,939	28

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