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
B06285	A true relation of the Popish-plot against King Charles I and the Protestant religion.	Boswell, William, Sir, d. 1649.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Habervešl z Habernfeldu, Ondřej.	1679 (1679)	Wing T3016; ESTC R185710	31,948	37

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