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	father_n	great_a	1,069	5	2.9154	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11268	Adams complaint. The olde vvorldes tragedie. Dauid and Bathsheba	Sabie, Francis.	1596 (1596)	STC 21534; ESTC S110788	21,159	52

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