Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	become_v	employ_v	great_a	100	3	2.0850	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08832	The benefit that Christians receiue by Iesus Christ crucified translated out of French into English, by A.G.	Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1580 (1580)	STC 19116; ESTC S926	54,090	122

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