Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	power_n	speak_v	word_n	8,214	5	4.2815	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12945	A preface to the Kynges hyghnes; Exhortation to the people, instructynge theym to unitie and obedience	Starkey, Thomas, d. 1538.	1536 (1536)	STC 23236; ESTC S104591	84,228	171

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