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	good_a	think_v	1,119	5	3.7181	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02121	Greenes vision vvritten at the instant of his death. Conteyning a penitent passion for the folly of his pen.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1592 (1592)	STC 12261; ESTC S105824	38,847	64

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