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	worthy_a	write_v	114	4	4.8221	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34171	Poems, with a maske by Thomas Carew ... ; the songs were set in musick by Mr. Henry Lawes ...	Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?; Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662. Coelum britannicum. Libretto.; Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639? Coelum britannicum.	1651 (1651)	Wing C565; ESTC R21803	74,706	224

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