Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	15,514	5	10.0914	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95834	Aula lucis, or, The house of light : a discourse written in the year 1651. / By S.N. a modern speculator.	Vaughan, Thomas, 1622-1666.	1652 (1652)	Wing V144; Thomason E1367_5; ESTC R210754	16,840	61

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