Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	death_n	see_v	signify_v	827	5	9.8306	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11555	The true image of Christian love An excellent, learned, and very comfortable treatise, meete and necessarie for these dangerous days: wherein men are growen so disobedient to God, so vndutifull to their Prince, and so vnchartiable to their neighbors. Written in Latin by Adrian Sauorine a Dominican Frier, and translated 50. yeres ago by an English obseruant frier named Richard Rikes, [and] now truely conferred with the auncient copies, and published by A.M. one of the messengers of his Maiesties chamber.; Ymage of love	Ryckes, John.; Savorine, Adrian, attributed name.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.; Gough, John, fl. 1528-1556.	1587 (1587)	STC 21801; ESTC S101945	42,798	120

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man_n say_v 15_o ami●●_n fideli_fw-la nulla_fw-la ●st_fw-la comp●●●●●_n 〈…〉_o fides_fw-la illi●_fw-ge a_o faithful_a friend_n have_v no_o peer_n ●he_v ●eight_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v not_o to_o be_v compare_v ●ward●_n the_o goodness_n of_o h●s_n faith_n you_o be_v there_o one_o speciale_a 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o goodly_a image_n which_o 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v always_o look_v downward_o upon_o earthly_a thing_n and_o very_o sternelie_a and_o bitter_o upon_o his_o enemy_n if_o he_o have_v look_v upward_o towards_o heaven●●_n have_v respect_n to_o god_n and_o heavenly_n thing_n i_o will_v have_v commend_v it_o for_o the_o most_o worthy_a ornament_n among_o all_o nature_n invention_n but_o saint_n paul_n for_o that_o very_a cause_n will_v i_o to_o despise_v it_o say_v to_o they_o that_o be_v the_o inventor_n thereof_o quia_fw-la cum_fw-la cogn●nissent_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la sicut_fw-la deum_fw-la glorificaverunt_fw-la 22._o aut_fw-la gratias_fw-la egerant_fw-la sed_fw-la 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