Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	work_n	write_v	zealous_a	12	3	8.4642	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00440	The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories; Ecclesiastical history. English	Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.; Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604.; Socrates, Scholasticus, ca. 379-ca. 440. Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Evagrius, Scholasticus, b. 536? Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Dorotheus, Saint, 255-362, attributed name. aut	1577 (1577)	STC 10572; ESTC S121374	989,961	618

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euseb_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 31._o gaius_n be_v b._n of_o rome_n a_o dom._n 283._o 15_o year_n euse_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 31._o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 285._o carus_n be_v emperor_n scarce_o 3._o year_n euse_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 29._o the_o infiite_v number_n of_o martyr_n which_o suffer_v in_o the_o persecution_n under_o dio●letian_n be_v to_o be_v scene_n throughout_o the_o 8._o book_n of_o eusebius_n ecclesiastical_a history_n  _fw-fr these_o a_o of_o jerusalem_n be_v always_o honour_v and_o the_o succession_n contine_n wed_v unto_o the_o day_n of_o eusebius_n himself_o euseb_n lib._n 7._o ca._n 18._o cyrillus_n b._n of_o antioch_n euseb_n li._n 7._o cap._n 31_o  _fw-fr theônas_n be_v b._n of_o alexandria_n after_o maximinus_n &_o continue_a 11._o year_n euseb_n li._n 7._o cap._n 31._o  _fw-fr 287._o dio●letian_n be_v emperor_n and_o persecute_v the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o the_o 19_o year_n of_o his_o ●aigne_n he_o begin_v to_o overthrow_v the_o church_n burn_v the_o bible_n persecute_v the_o christian_n when_o he_o have_v reign_v together_o with_o maximianus_n who_o persecute_v with_o he_o 20_o year_n he_o depose_v himself_o voluntary_o and_o live_v a_o private_a life_n fron_n that_o time_n unto_o his_o end_n he_o pine_v and_o waste_v away_o with_o disease_n but_o maximinia_n hang_v himself_o euseb_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 29._o lib._n 8._o cap._n 2._o 3._o 14._o 19_o socrates_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o arnobius_n flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o diocletian_n jerom._n cate-log_n there_o be_v a_o council_n of_o 300._o bishop_n call_v together_o at_o siunessa_n where_o marcellinus_n b._n of_o rome_n be_v condemn_v for_o the_o nyig_a christ_n and_o sacrifice_v to_o idol_n tom_n 1._o council_n  _fw-fr dorotheus_n b._n of_o antioch_n marcellinus_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n about_o the_o 10._o year_n of_o diocletian_n anno_fw-la dom._n 295._o euseb_n li._n 7._o cap._n 31._o he_o deny_v christ_n offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o idol_n in_o the_o persecution_n under_o diocletian_n &_o be_v condemn_v of_o 3._o hundred_o bishop_n 30._o priest_n afterwards_o he_o repent_v he_o and_o be_v martyr_v under_o diocletian_n tom_fw-mi 1._o council_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 307._o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr tyrranus_n b._n of_o antioch_n euseb_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 31._o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr constantius_n and_o maximinus_n rule_v the_o empire_n after_o the_o deposition_n of_o diocletian_n constantius_n die_v at_o york_n in_o england_n when_o he_o have_v rule_v 16._o year_n anno_fw-la do._n 310._o euseb_n lib._n 8._o ca._n 14._o &_o in_o chronic_n lactantius_n the_o disciple_n of_o arnobius_n flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o diocletian_n in_o his_o old_a age_n he_o be_v the_o master_n of_o crispus_n the_o son_n of_o constantius_n jerom._n a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o ancyra_n in_o galatia_n in_o the_o time_n of_o vitalis_n where_o with_o certain_a condition_n such_o as_o sacrifice_v be_v receive_v and_o the_o deacons_n that_o can_v not_o contain_v suffer_v to_o marie_n tom_n 1._o council_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr about_o this_o time_n licinia_n a_o holy_a maid_n of_o rome_n die_v make_v marcellus_n b._n of_o that_o seae_n her_o heir_n and_o executor_n give_v he_o all_o her_o great_a substance_n from_o that_o time_n forth_o say_v polydore_n lib._n 6._o the_o invent_v cap._n ult._n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v great_o enrich_v peter_n be_v b._n of_o alexandria_n about_o the_o 7_o year_n of_o diocletian_n where_o he_o continue_a 12._o year_n he_o be_v behead_v &_o crown_v a_o martyr_n in_o the_o persecution_n under_o diocletian_n euseb_n lib._n 7._o ca._n 31._o socrat._v lib._n 1._o cap._n 3._o manes_n the_o heretic_n whereof_o the_o manichee_n have_v their_o appellation_n have_v his_o original_n in_o persia_n as_o epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 66_o write_v about_o the_o 4._o year_n of_o aurelianus_n he_o call_v himself_o christ_n &_o the_o comsorter_n hechose_v unto_o himself_o 12._o apostle_n he_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v