Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	wit_n	woman_n	word_n	46	3	3.3895	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10269	Certaine questions by way of conference betwixt a chauncelor and a kinswoman of his concerning the churching of women		1601 (1601)	STC 20557; ESTC S105979	24,479	73

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