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	law_n	oath_n	1,012	5	7.8657	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35334	Cuckoo, or, The Welsh embassadour's application to the raven in behalf of the mag-pies and jack-dawes		1691 (1691)	Wing C7458; ESTC R40371	4,180	5

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