Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	bear_v	fruit_n	good_a	1,697	5	3.9177	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05102	The third volume of the French academie contayning a notable description of the whole world, and of all the principall parts and contents thereof: as namely, of angels both good and euill: of the celestiall spheres, their order and number: of the fixed stars and planets; their light, motion, and influence: of the fower elements, and all things in them, or of them consisting: and first of firie, airie, and watrie meteors or impressions of comets, thunders, lightnings, raines, snow, haile, rainebowes, windes, dewes, frosts, earthquakes, &c. ingendered aboue, in, and vnder the middle or cloudie region of the aire. And likewise of fowles, fishes, beasts, serpents, trees with their fruits and gum; shrubs, herbes, spices, drugs, minerals, precious stones, and other particulars most worthie of all men to be knowen and considered. Written in French by that famous and learned gentleman Peter de la Primaudaye Esquier, Lord of the same place, and of Barree: and Englished by R. Dolman.; Academie françoise. Part 3. English	La Primaudaye, Pierre de, b. ca. 1545.; Dolman, R. (Richard)	1601 (1601)	STC 15240; ESTC S108305	398,876	456

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heap_v with_o many_o little_a grain_n there_o be_v yet_o another_o kind_n of_o pepper_n call_v ethiopian_n pepper_n or_o pepper_n of_o the_o negro_n which_o grow_v in_o cod_n like_o bean_n or_o pease_n and_o the_o grain_n thereof_o be_v a_o little_a less_o than_o those_o of_o black_a pepper_n moreover_o all_o pepper_n be_v hot_a in_o the_o four_o degree_n and_o therefore_o it_o burn_v and_o blister_v the_o body_n so_o that_o the_o use_v thereof_o can_v but_o be_v dangerous_a though_o it_o have_v many_o secret_a property_n against_o the_o quivering_n and_o shake_n at_o accompany_v fever_n which_o usual_o come_v to_o one_o and_o against_o the_o cough_n and_o all_o malady_n of_o the_o breast_n there_o be_v also_o a_o kind_n of_o watery_a pepper_n which_o grow_v near_o to_o slow_a water_n that_o run_v but_o soft_o the_o stalk_n thereof_o be_v knotty_a massive_a have_v many_o pit_n out_o of_o which_o the_o branch_n do_v grow_v the_o leaf_n of_o it_o be_v like_a to_o mint_n save_v that_o 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