Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	worth_n	worthy_a	write_v	29	3	4.7944	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71004	A True relation of the sad passages between the two armies in the west shewing the perfidious breach of articles by the Kings partie : their horrid crueltie offered to the Lord Generals souldiers in their march from Foy as it is certified by severall letters under the hands of judicious godly men : commanders in the army who were themselves eye-witnesses and patient sufferers in all these cruelties herein expressed / published by G. S.	G. S.	1644 (1644)	Wing S28; ESTC R18170	6,967	12

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