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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	believe_v	faith_n	good_a	22,604	5	4.7923	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80578	Roman-Catholick principles, in reference to God and the King explained in a letter to a friend, and now made publick, to shew the connexion between the said principles, and the late Popish Plot. By a well-wisher of his countrey.	Corker, James Maurus, 1636-1715.; M. B.	1680 (1680)	Wing C6302A; ESTC R229566	11,561	17

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