Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	word_n	worth_n	write_v	29	3	4.5191	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12773	Colin Clouts come home againe. By Ed. Spencer	Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.	1595 (1595)	STC 23077; ESTC S111281	32,136	80

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