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	see_v	time_n	1,369	5	3.1511	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22730	A commission vvith instructions and directions, granted by his Maiestie to the Master and Counsaile of the Court of Wards and Liueries for compounding for wards, ideots, and lunaticks, and giuen vnder his Highnesse great Seale of England the eleuenth day of December 1618.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; Banbury, William Knollys, Earl of, 1547-1632.; England and Wales. Court of Wards and Liveries.	1618 (1618)	STC 9239; ESTC S100728	9,636	33

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