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	master_n	servant_n	1,516	5	7.1482	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00188	The court of the most illustrious and most magnificent Iames, the first King of Great-Britaine, France, and Ireland: &c. VVith diuers rules, most pure precepts, and selected definitions liuely delineated.	A. D. B., fl. 1619.	1619 (1619)	STC 1022; ESTC S100552	103,059	184

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dis-hone_a unjust_a or_o unlawful_a command_n whatsoever_o but_o let_v he_o kind_o and_o courteous_o entertain_v that_o excellent_a say_n of_o aeschylus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obedience_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o felicity_n let_v the_o courtier_n then_o which_o right_o and_o honest_o desire_v to_o deck_v and_o adorn_v the_o form_n and_o fashion_n of_o his_o life_n in_o the_o court_n and_o to_o make_v his_o prince_n his_o friend_n and_o favourer_n as_o also_o to_o be_v expert_a and_o cunning_a in_o counsel_v himself_o &_o contryve_v all_o his_o action_n and_o affair_n let_v he_o i_o say_v diligent_o ponder_v and_o serious_o consider_v these_o thing_n but_o after_o that_o his_o labour_n have_v be_v with_o prompt_a expedition_n sustain_v and_o conclude_v since_o the_o estate_n and_o condition_n of_o courtier_n be_v very_o slippery_a and_o uncertain_a as_o they_o who_o indeed_o be_v too_o often_o and_o too_o easy_o circumvent_v and_o environ_v with_o the_o fraudulent_a 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tacitarnitie_n or_o

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