Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	grace_n	great_a	soul_n	4,875	5	4.7291	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68972	Here begynneth the lyfe of saynt Radegunde	Bradshaw, Henry, d. 1513.	1525 (1525)	STC 3507; ESTC S104675	21,988	60

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