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	wife_n	woman_n	4,471	5	7.1539	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34718	The histories of the lives and raignes of Henry the Third, and Henry the Fourth, Kings of England written by Sr. Robert Cotton and Sr. John Hayvvard.	Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631.; Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.	1642 (1642)	Wing C6494; ESTC R3965	119,706	440

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