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_v	world_n	wretched_a	11	3	8.6102	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16768	Pasquils mad-cap· And his message.; Pasquils mad-cap. Part 1	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1600 (1600)	STC 3675; ESTC S123326	14,364	50

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