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	king_n	prince_n	1,159	5	5.3591	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34124	Commendatory verses on the author of The two Arthurs and the Satyr against wit / by some of his particular friends.	Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.	1700 (1700)	Wing C5547; ESTC R29312	14,928	34

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