Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	bruise_v	enmity_n	serpent_n	1,728	5	9.9550	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27246	A sermon preached in S. Lawrence-Jewry Church on the fifth of November, Anno Dom. 1678 by Joseph Bedle ...	Bedle, Joseph, 1644 or 5-1692.	1679 (1679)	Wing B1675; ESTC R19388	10,966	31

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