Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	eat_v	lord_n	serpent_n	1,942	5	10.1866	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00699	The worth of women	Ferrers, Richard.	1622 (1622)	STC 10832; ESTC S118347	19,469	57

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