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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	according_a	holy_a	true_a	2,926	5	4.0839	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52334	A lapidary, or, The history of pretious [sic] stones with cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with pretious [sic] stones / by Thomas Nicols ...	Nicols, Thomas.	1652 (1652)	Wing N1145; ESTC R3332	119,639	252

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be_v coagulate_v this_o gemm_n admit_v of_o no_o foil_n to_o set_v off_o its_o glory_n nor_o be_v it_o oft_o adulterate_a because_o great_a proportion_n of_o it_o be_v find_v in_o many_o place_n bowl_n and_o cup_n of_o crystal_n be_v of_o great_a esteem_n with_o prince_n one_o of_o these_o of_o a_o foot_n in_o bigness_n have_v be_v sell_v for_o 100_o crown_n boetius_fw-la 111._o of_o its_o name_n in_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o job_n 28.17_o that_o be_v gemma_fw-la nitidissima_fw-la which_o be_v interpret_v crystal_n aben_n ezra_n render_v it_o lapis_fw-la pretiosus_fw-la nitidus_fw-la the_o rabbin_n take_v it_o for_o vitrum_fw-la à_fw-la puritate_fw-la it_o be_v call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o latin_a crystallus_n in_o italian_a crystallo_fw-la in_o germane_a crystal_n in_o spanish_a and_o french_a crystal_n and_o in_o english_a