Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	deliver_v	scripture_n	unwritten_a	1,425	5	12.2379	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01009	Purgatories triumph ouer hell maugre the barking of Cerberus in Syr Edvvard Hobyes Counter-snarle. Described in a letter to the sayd knight, from I.R. authour of the answere vnto the Protestants pulpit babels.	Floyd, John, 1572-1649.; Jenison, Robert, 1584?-1652, attributed name.	1613 (1613)	STC 11114; ESTC S115113	123,366	230

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