Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	duke_n	king_n	york_n	1,205	5	9.9855	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55017	The loyal speech of George Plaxtone, M.A., minister of Sheriff-Hales in Shropshire spoken at Shifnal in the same county upon the proclamation of His Sacred Majesty, King James the Second, &c.	Plaxton, George, 1647 or 8-1720.	1685 (1685)	Wing P2416; ESTC R8312	2,423	2

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