Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	woe_n	word_n	write_v	12	3	4.5741	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07123	Nevv epigrams, and a satyre. VVritten by Ios: Martyn, a wel-wisher to study	Martyn, Joseph.	1621 (1621)	STC 17525; ESTC S112375	11,816	34

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