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
A57134	Evgenia's teares for Great Brittaynes distractions, or, Some slender observations reflecting on those sad times written by E.R.	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.	1642 (1642)	Wing R1247; ESTC R40628	26,630	51

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