Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	world_n	worthy_a	year_n	110	4	4.2391	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01600	The life and death of Mr. Edmund Geninges priest, crowned with martyrdome at London, the 10. day of Nouember, in the yeare M.D.XCI.	Geninges, John, d. 1660.; Baes, Martin, engraver.; Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645?, attributed name.	1614 (1614)	STC 11728; ESTC S103059	35,374	114

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