Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	action_n	good_a	law_n	1,011	5	4.8972	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42946	The character of Thomas Merkes, Bishop of Carlisle out of Bishop Godwin's Commentaries of the bishops of England, part 2, pag. 149 : together with his speech in the last Parliament of King Richard II, anno 1399, as it is recorded by Sir John Hayward in The first part of the life and reign of K. Henry IV, pag. 101.; De praesulibus Angliae commentarius. English. Selections	Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633.; Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. First part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII.; Merke, Thomas, d. 1409. Speech in the last Parliament of King Richard II.	1689 (1689)	Wing G969; ESTC R23000	7,627	8

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