Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	husband_n	subjection_n	wife_n	4,236	5	8.3965	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81938	Geographia universalis: the present state of the whole world giving an account of the several religions, customs, and riches of each people; the strength and government of each polity and state; the curious and most remarkable things in every region; with other particulars necessary to the understanding history and the interests of princes. Written originally by the Sieur Duval, Geographer in Ordinary to the French King; and made English, and enlarged by Ferrand Spence.	Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619-1682.; Spence, Ferrand.	1685 (1685)	Wing D2919A; ESTC R229216	199,644	399

in antiquity for its excellent Archers for the Ship called the Bull which served to carry away the Beautiful Europa for the Amours of Pasiphae for those of Ariadne for the Cruelty of the Minotaur for the Birth Abode and Funeral of Jupiter for the Judgements of Minos for the Labyrinth whereof the invention is attributed to Daedalus It s ancient Inhabitants said that most of the Gods were born in their Countrey But little Credit is to be giv'n to people who have always passed for great Lyars Except the Sfaciotes who pass for Bravos the Candiots have the reputation of flying from Toyl of trustiing in the goodness of their Soyl which furnishes them with Malmsies Wine several good Fruits and other Commodities Mount Ida is its highest Mountain from its peak or top both Seas may easily be seen Several Plains and Valleys are fertile in Candy but few are watred otherwise than with Torrents The Cretes were so succesful in Navigation that they rendred themselves Masters of the Seas under Minos one of their Kings This Prince made Laws for them and that they might be the better established feigned he had concerted them during the space of nine years with Jupiter Afterwards this Island was governed by a Republick and towards the time of Pompey the Great was subdued by the Romans The Emperours of Constantinople were also Masters of it after which it was given to Boniface Prince of Monferrat who sold it to the Venetians in the year 1194. The Turks seeing this Island in the midst of their Dominions thought it was for their conveniency to dislodge the Venetians from thence which they accordingly did in the year 1669. after a War of four and twenty years This Island is divided into four Territories which bear the Names of so many principal Cities Candia which is Capital thereof and the Metropolitan Canea Rettimo and Sittia The principal Fortresses of the Island are upon the Coast either in Islands or Peninsula's the Grabuses Suda and Spinalonga which remained to the Venetians by the last peace between the Republick and the Port. The City of Candia is in the Northern part of the Island in an advantageous Situation as strong by Art as by Nature the Venetians did all that was humanly possible before they yielded it to the Infidels The Christian Princes for the most part sent Succours thither by which means it sustained the efforts of a Siege the most memorable that ever was recorded in any History An Index Alphabetical of the several Countries Described in this Vniversal Geography ABissinia page 90 Aegypt page 73 Aethiopia page 90 Africa page 59 America page 10 Antartick lands page 7 Arabia page 137 Arobic Region page 2 Asia page 110 Barbary page 66 Biledulgerid page 81 Brasile page 54 Cafreria page 96 Canada page 19 Candia page 426 Gastella Aurea page 40 Chili page 49 China page 155 Congo page 94 Denmark page 299 England page 410 Europe page 196 Flanders page 256 Florida page 24 France page 220 Franche-County page 267 Georgia page 132 Germany page 283 Guyana page 43 Guiney page 89 Holland page 246 Hungary page 395 India page 162 India intra Gangem page 171 India extra Gangem page 177 Ireland page 420 Iseland page 4 Isles Antilles page 32 Isles British page 409 Isles Canaries page 101 Isles du Cap-Verd page 103 Isles of Crylon page 184 Isles of Japan page 189 Island of Madagascax page 104 Isles Maldive page 182 Island of Maltha page 105 Isles Moluccoe page 193 Isles Philippine page 191 Isles of Sunda page 186 Isles Tercera page 101 Italy page 275 Lorrain page 263 Low-Countries page 242 Magellanica page 59 Mexico page 28 Mexico nova page 27 Mogul's Empire page 163 Mono-motapa page 96 Muscovy page 369 Nigritia page 94 Nova Hispania page 28 Nubia page 88 Peru page 45 Persia page 143 Plata page 53 Poland page 361 Portugal page 237 Provinces Catholic page 256 Provinces United page 247 Ragusa Common-wealth page 408 Savoy page 274 Scotland page 416 Sicily page 422 Spain page 223 Sueden page 353 Suisser-land page 269 Tartary page 152 Tartaria Minor page 403 Transilvania c. page 400 Tucuman page 52 Turkish Empire page 378 Turkei in Asia page 117 Turkei in Europe page 385 Virginia page 22 Zaara page 83 Zanguebar page 99 FINIS Advertisement THere is lately published a Book entituled the Honourable State of Matrimony made comfortable or an Antidote against Discord betwixt Man and Wife c. Wherein is shew'd 1. From whence the Discord betwixt Man and Wife do arise 2. The great Evil of these Discords notably discovered 3. Whether the Fault be principally in the Man or the Wife curiously enquired into 4. The never failing Remedies for the cure of these unkind Breaches faithfully discovered 5. The Pretences and Plea's and Excuses they have for these Discords fully confuted and answered 6. The Superiority of the Husband asserted and proved and the Subjection of the Wife clearly demonstrated 7. How Men and their Wives should carry it towards their Children and Servants together with the Stepmothers Duty fully declared Sold by Francis Pearse at the Blew Anchor at the West-end of St. Pauls 1685.