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	majesty_n	subject_n	2,392	5	6.9229	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95030	A true copy of the petition of the rebells in Ireland subscribed by eleven Lords, and others of qualitie among them; attested to be an exact copy, being examined with the originall by a person of honour there, when it was intercepted; and sent over [illegible] two Members of the House in letters, dated the 17th of August: 1642. To the Kings most Excellent Majestie, the humble petition of the Catholiqves of Ireland.		1642 (1642)	Wing T2663; Thomason 669.f.6[72]; ESTC R212498	948	1

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