Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	brother_n	child_n	father_n	1,364	5	4.7930	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09129	The worthie hystorie of the most noble and valiaunt knight Plasidas, otherwise called Eustas, who was martyred for the profession of Iesus Christ. Gathered in English verse by Iohn Partridge, in the yere of our Lord. 1566	Partridge, John, fl. 1566-1573.	1566 (1566)	STC 19438; ESTC S110300	16,791	70

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