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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
word_n	greek_a	latin_a	translate_v	3,558	5	9.2013	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92878	Theanthropos: or, God made man. A tract proving the nativity of our Saviour to be on the 25. of December. / By John Selden, that eminently-learned antiquary, late of the Inner-Temple.	Selden, John, 1584-1654.; Chantry, John, d. 1662?, engraver.	1661 (1661)	Wing S2439; Thomason E1809_2; ESTC R203528	58,933	119

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