Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	aaron_n	blossom_n	bud_n	40	3	12.3000	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66899	Moses and Aaron, the king and the priest by the author of the examination of Tilenus before the triers, in the time of the late rebellion.	Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.	1675 (1675)	Wing W3346; ESTC R20340	27,170	67

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