Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	king_n	law_n	people_n	3,485	5	5.2685	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46385	Just principles of complying with the new oath of allegiance by a Divine of the Church of England.	A. B.	1689 (1689)	Wing J1236_VARIANT; ESTC R6490	11,672	22

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far_o ruine_v and_o malificent_a as_o to_o abdicate_v his_o people_n from_o be_v his_o people_n whereby_o he_o lose_v and_o forfeit_v all_o title_n to_o they_o and_o their_o allegiance_n xi_o allegiance_n grot._n de_fw-fr j._n b._n ac_fw-la p._n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o s._n xi_o existimat_fw-la barclaius_n amitti_fw-la regnum_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la veer_fw-la hostili_fw-la animo_fw-la in_o totius_fw-la populi_fw-la exitium_fw-la feratur_fw-la quod_fw-la concedo_fw-la consistere_fw-la enim_fw-la simul_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la voluntas_fw-la imperandi_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la perdendi_fw-la quare_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la hostem_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la profitetur_fw-la be_v eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la abdicat_fw-la regnum_fw-la if_o a_o king_n make_v himself_o a_o destroyer_n of_o his_o whole_a people_n he_o abdicate_v the_o kingdom_n according_a to_o grotius_n and_o barclay_n because_o the_o will_n of_o destroy_v be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o will_n of_o be_v their_o govern_n 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