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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	according_a	sense_n	use_v	2,739	5	4.8803	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23640	Of perjury a sermon preach'd at the assizes held at Chester, April the 4th, 1682 / by John Allen, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge ...	Allen, John, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge.	1682 (1682)	Wing A1034; ESTC R8027	18,954	36

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