Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	age_n	famous_a	great_a	90	3	2.1080	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16308	The elements of armories	Bolton, Edmund, 1575?-1633?	1610 (1610)	STC 3220; ESTC S114354	76,668	212

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