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
A88031	A letter to a noble lord at London from a friend at Oxford: vpon occasion of the late covenant taken by both houses.	Friend at Oxford.	1643 (1643)	Wing L1690; Thomason E60_20; ESTC R10956	10,238	16

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