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
B11858	An apology of an appeale Also an epistle to the true-hearted nobility. By Henry Burton, pastor of St. Mathewes Friday-Street.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1636 (1636)	STC 4135; ESTC S106955	19,673	40

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recrimination_n do_v profess_o engage_v they_o party_n in_o the_o cause_n second_o because_o they_o be_v my_o adversary_n in_o the_o cause_n that_o this_o be_v so_o i_o prove_v as_o follow_v first_o because_o they_o be_v adversary_n to_o those_o truth_n deliver_v by_o i_o and_o charge_v by_o they_o as_o matter_n of_o sedition_n against_o i_o which_o notwithstanding_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o maintain_v against_o they_o with_o my_o life_n although_o i_o never_o so_o much_o as_o once_o dream_v that_o impiety_n and_o impudence_n itself_o in_o such_o a_o christian_a state_n as_o this_o be_v and_o under_o such_o a_o gracious_a prince_n dare_v ever_o thus_o public_o have_v call_v i_o in_o question_n and_o that_o upon_o the_o open_a stage_n not_o only_o for_o the_o manifest_a truth_n of_o those_o notorious_a and_o audacious_a innovation_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n but_o also_o and_o which_o i_o can_v never_o sufficient_o admire_v that_o these_o thing_n shall_v be_v object_v against_o i_o 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