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	dear_a	father_n	928	5	4.5666	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02475	Visiones rerum. = The visions of things. Or Foure poems 1. Principium & mutabilitas rerum. Or, the beginning and mutabilitie of all things. 2. Cursus & ordo rerum. Or, art and nature. 3. Opineo & ratione rerum. Or, wealth and pouertie. 4. Malum & finis rerum. Or, sinne and vertue, concluding with the last Iudgement and end of all things. Wherein the author expresseth his inuention by way of dreame. By Iohn Hagthorpe Gent.	Hagthorpe, John.	1623 (1623)	STC 12604; ESTC S105951	64,913	148

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