Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	child_n	great_a	people_n	2,334	5	4.2932	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11416	The colonies of Bartas VVith the commentarie of S.G.S. in diuerse places corrected and enlarged by the translatour.; Seconde sepmaine. Day 2. Part 3. English	Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, seigneur, 1544-1590.; Lisle, William, 1579?-1637.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.	1598 (1598)	STC 21670; ESTC S110847	58,951	82

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