Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	enemy_n	jupiter_n	mercury_n	1,526	5	12.3894	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35271	Calisto, or, The chaste nimph, the late masque at court as it was frequently presented there, by several persons of great quality : with the prologue, and the songs betwixt the acts / all written by J. Crowne.	Crown, Mr. (John), 1640?-1712.; Staggins, Nicholas, 1650?-1700.	1675 (1675)	Wing C7377; ESTC R21034	46,812	98

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