Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	day_n	great_a	see_v	2,420	5	3.2289	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07165	A relation of Maryland together, vvith a map of the countrey, the conditions of plantation, his Majesties charter to the Lord Baltemore, translated into English.	Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.; Maryland. aut	1635 (1635)	STC 17571; ESTC S109930	31,836	90

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