Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	call_v	day_n	people_n	799	5	4.3949	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40348	Two epistles sent in manuscript to friends of truth and now printed for their further service / by George Fox the younger.	Fox, George, d. 1661.	1663 (1663)	Wing F2015; ESTC R28023	8,008	14

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