Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	pray_v	spirit_n	watch_v	2,594	5	9.9201	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11081	Thule, or Vertues historie To the honorable and vertuous Mistris Amy Audely. By F.R. The first booke.	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1598 (1598)	STC 21348; ESTC S110734	71,565	154

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