Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	bring_v	young_a	youth_n	121	3	7.6482	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36285	Don Sebastian, King of Portugal an historical novel in four parts / done out of French by Mr. Ferrand Spence.; Dom Sebastian, Roy de Portugal. English.	Spence, Ferrand.	1683 (1683)	Wing D1847; ESTC R1157	90,753	327

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