Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	david_n	jonathan_n	saul_n	1,059	5	10.1589	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13503	[Taylors goose] [describing the wilde goose]	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1621 (1621)	STC 23799; ESTC S1018	14,095	30

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