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	mother_n	womb_n	3,217	5	9.6644	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36730	Atlas Chinensis being a second part of A relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the vice-roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary : with a relation of the Netherlanders assisting the Tarter against Coxinga and the Chinese fleet, who till then were masters of the sea : and a more exact geographical description than formerly both of the whole empire of China in general and in particular of every of the fifteen provinces / collected out of their several writings and journals by Arnoldus Montanus ; English'd and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures by John Ogilby.	Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683.; Dapper, Olfert, 1639-1689.; Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.; United Provinces of the Netherlands.	1671 (1671)	Wing D242; ESTC R5629	631,298	665

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with_o zwatia_n whereupon_o bort_n reply_v that_o he_o shall_v lay_v it_o in_o ash_n which_o say_v van_n campen_n go_v ashore_o with_o three_o boat_n and_o three_o sloop_n well_o man_v where_o he_o find_v lie_v on_o the_o shore_n five_o hog_n and_o fifteen_o basket_n of_o orange_n bring_v thither_o by_o five_o priest_n and_o fifteen_o chineses_n two_o of_o the_o hog_n and_o five_o basket_n of_o orange_n be_v by_o van_n campen_n carry_v aboard_o to_o the_o admiral_n who_o remit_v somewhat_o of_o his_o anger_n give_v he_o order_n to_o do_v with_o zwatia_n what_o he_o please_v and_o think_v convenient_a but_o before_o van_n campen_n come_v ashore_o again_o the_o house_n be_v all_o in_o a_o flame_n occasion_v through_o the_o wilfulness_n of_o the_o seaman_n out_o of_o the_o house_n and_o pagode_n come_v divers_a sick_a man_n and_o woman_n creep_v on_o their_o