Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	call_v	scripture_n	word_n	5,563	5	4.4592	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57329	An abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the world in five books ... : wherein the particular chapters and paragraphs are succinctly abrig'd according to his own method in the larger volume : to which is added his Premonition to princes.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. A premonition to princes.	1698 (1698)	Wing R151A; ESTC R32268	273,979	474

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apple_n be_v the_o serpent_n that_o beguile_v eva._n paradise_n be_v the_o garden_n of_o hesperide_n so_o saturn_n divide_v the_o world_n between_o three_o son_n come_v of_o noah_n and_o his_o son_n and_o nimrod_n tower_n be_v the_o attempt_n of_o giant_n against_o heaven_n the_o egyptian_n also_o worship_v seth_n as_o their_o most_o ancient_a parent_n from_o who_o they_o call_v their_o chief_a province_n setheitica_fw-la and_o in_o bithynia_n we_o ●ind_v the_o city_n cethia_n 17._o §_o 5._o of_o the_o three_o chief_a jupiters_n the_o first_o be_v son_n of_o aether_n &_o die_n the_o second_o of_o coelum_fw-la a_o arcadian_a and_o king_n of_o athens_n the_o three_o famous_a in_o the_o greek_a fable_n be_v of_o crect_n or_o candia_n as_o some_o say_v but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o jupiter_n chammon_n more_o ancient_a than_o all_o the_o grecian_a jupiters_n be_v cham_n father_n