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	name_n	see_v	1,085	5	3.0432	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59964	The history of Scotch-presbytery being an epitome of The hind let loose / by Mr. Shields ; with a preface by a presbyter of the Church of Scotland.	Shields, Alexander, 1660?-1700.; Shields, Alexander, 1660?-1700. Hind let loose.	1692 (1692)	Wing S3432; ESTC R3536	61,532	66

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