Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	wit_n	word_n	work_n	70	3	4.5226	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61058	Batt upon Batt a poem upon the parts, patience, and pains of Barth. Kempster, clerk, poet, cutler, of Holy-Rood-Parish in Southampton / by a person of quality; to which is annexed The vision, wherein is described Batts person and ingenuity ... by the same author ...	Speed, John, 1628-1711.; Speed, John, 1628-1711. Vision.	1680 (1680)	Wing S4887; ESTC R28869	6,086	13

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