Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	1,226	5	9.8585	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38441	Englands third alarm to vvarre stirring up the whole land as one man to help the Lord, and His servant David, all the faithfull in the world, against most bloudy adversaries mighty hunters before the Lord : in which		1643 (1643)	Wing E3058; ESTC R9479	87,068	101

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