Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	allegiance_n	king_n	subject_n	2,355	5	7.0118	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87904	Sir politique uncased, or, A sober answer to a juggling pamphlet, entituled, A letter intercepted printed for the use and benefit of the ingenuous reader: in which the two different forms of Monarchy, and popular government, are briefly controverted. The Common-wealth party are advised not to buy this. By N.D. gent. By D.N. gent.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1660 (1660)	Wing L1308A; Thomason E1019_5; ESTC R208281	8,470	16

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