Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	body_n	matter_n	part_n	7,025	5	5.2206	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00453	The vniversall medicine: or The vertues of the antimoniall cup Collected out of the experiments, and observations of the most famous, learned, and best approved philosophers, and physicians, that have written of that subject. By Iohn Evans minister, and preacher of Gods Word.	Evans, John, minister of Gods word.	1634 (1634)	STC 10587; ESTC S120503	11,564	18

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