Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	according_a	king_n	law_n	1,830	5	4.8875	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63179	[The tryal of John Hambden for conspiring the death of the king, and raising a rebellion in this kingdom at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayly, London ... 30th of December, 1685 ...]	Hampden, John, 1656?-1696.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1685 (1685)	Wing T2193; ESTC R4697	75,252	56

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