Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	authority_n	king_n	law_n	1,296	5	4.5981	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29924	A journey into Spain	Brunel, Antoine de, 1622-1696.; Aerssen, François van, 1630-1658.	1670 (1670)	Wing B5230; ESTC R25951	133,285	256

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