Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	worshipful_a	worthy_a	write_v	45	3	5.9376	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51573	A sermon preached at St. Pauls by Henry Maisterson ...	Maisterson, Henry, d. 1671.	1641 (1641)	Wing M304; ESTC R10882	18,210	30

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