Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	good_a	let_v	word_n	1,912	5	4.0521	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09836	The commendation of matrimony, made by Cornelius Agrippa, [et] translated into englysshe by Dauid Clapam; De beatissimae annae monogamia. English	Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Clapham, David, d. 1551.	1540 (1540)	STC 201; ESTC S104364	10,765	48

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