Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	witness_v	word_n	world_n	66	3	4.5220	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27082	A seasonable warning to such who profess themselves members of reformed churches, into what forme soever gathered ...	Bayley, Charles, 17th cent.	1663 (1663)	Wing B1473B; ESTC R20749	60,761	76

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