Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	word_n	world_n	write_v	2,573	5	5.6156	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11327	A treatyse concerni[n]ge the power of the clergye and the lawes of the realme. Cu[m] priuilegio regali.	Saint German, Christopher, 1460?-1540.	1535 (1535)	STC 21588; ESTC S108136	38,782	136

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