Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	beast_n	horn_n	king_n	4,286	5	4.8938	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00402	Wonderfull newes of the death of Paule the. iii. last byshop of Rome [and] of diuerse thynges that after his death haue happened, wherein is trulye set ... the abominable actes of his most mischeuous life. Written in Latin by. P. Esquillus, and Englyshed by W. B. Londoner.; Epistola de morte	Flacius Illyricus, Matthias, 1520-1575.; Vergerio, Pietro Paolo, 1498-1565, attrib. name. aut; Baldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563?	1552 (1552)	STC 10532; ESTC S112433	12,155	42

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