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	lord_n	1,103	5	3.3948	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04810	The Christians calamities: or, The Protestants complaint, collected out of many severall letters that were sent from beyond the seas into England, and presented to His Highness the Lord Protector, of England, Scotland and Ireland ... / Faithfully collected, drawn up, and written by Laurence Price. 1655.	L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680?	1655 (1655)	Wing P3355B; ESTC R227727	5,290	36

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