Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	john_n	love_v	true_a	4,911	5	5.7716	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00123	[A discourse for parents honour and authoritie Written respectiuely to reclaime a young man that was a counterfeit Iesuite.]; De patrio jure. English	Ayrault, Pierre, 1536-1601.; Budden, John, 1566-1620.	1614 (1614)	STC 1012; ESTC S118975	78,940	182

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