Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	master_n	perform_v	servant_n	3,566	5	7.2466	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02237	The counsellor Exactly pourtraited in two bookes. VVherein the offices of magistrates, the happie life of subiectes, and the felicitie of common-weales is pleasantly and pithilie discoursed. A golden worke, replenished with the chiefe learning of the most excellent philosophers and lawgiuers, and not onely profitable, but verie necessarie for all those that be admitted to the administration of a well-gouerned common-weale. Written in Latin by Laurentius Grimaldus, and consecrated to the honour of the Polonian empyre. Newlie translated into English.; De optimo senatore. English	Goślicki, Wawrzyniec, 1530-1607.	1598 (1598)	STC 12372; ESTC S106731	134,196	158

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the_o counsellor_n shall_v also_o eschew_v nothing_o more_o in_o his_o own_o person_n then_o immoderate_a eat_v and_o drink_v because_o it_o consume_v the_o force_n both_o of_o body_n and_o mind_n notable_a be_v that_o law_n of_o solon_n which_o judge_v a_o drunken_a prince_n worthy_a of_o death_n philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n be_v disguise_v with_o drink_n give_v judgement_n against_o a_o woman_n she_o forthwith_o appeal_v and_o be_v ask_v to_o who_o answer_v to_o king_n philip_n when_o he_o be_v sober_a certain_o the_o force_n of_o wine_n take_v away_o all_o judgement_n in_o man_n in_o so_o much_o as_o thereby_o king_n be_v make_v servant_n old_a man_n become_v child_n wise_a folk_n be_v turn_v to_o fool_n and_o fool_n change_v to_o mad_a man_n the_o counsellor_n therefore_o shall_v observe_v measure_n and_o drink_v for_o necessity_n not_o for_o satiety_n follow_v the_o counsel_n of_o anacharsis_n who_o say_v that_o the_o first_o draught_n be_v of_o necessity_n the_o second_o of_o superfluity_n and_o the_o three_o of_o madness_n it_o be_v most_o unseem_o in_o a_o senator_n to_o have_v a_o countenance_n full_a of_o fury_n eye_n full_a of_o anger_n and_o speech_n full_a of_o pride_n all_o which_o do_v accompany_v drunkenness_n and_o as_o evil_a it_o will_v become_v he_o be_v overcharge_v with_o meat_n and_o wine_n to_o consume_v the_o whole_a night_n in_o sleap_v but_o how_o much_o good_a diet_n help_v to_o preserve_v health_n &_o prepare_v the_o body_n to_o action_n we_o may_v learn_v by_o experience_n for_o by_o moderate_a diet_n we_o find_v not_o only_o the_o mind_n but_o the_o body_n also_o more_o obedient_a but_o satiety_n and_o fullness_n of_o belly_n be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o sepulture_n to_o a_o live_a mind_n it_o therefore_o beseem_v a_o senator_n not_o only_o private_o but_o also_o public_o to_o observe_v parcimonie_n and_o frugality_n yet_o heed_n must_v be_v take_v lest_o he_o seem_v oversparing_a hard_a or_o straight_o in_o expense_n for_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o base_a and_o abject_a mind_n to_o abuse_v comeliness_n and_o honour_n in_o his_o live_n therefore_o private_a excess_n be_v banish_v and_o public_a magnificence_n life_n retain_v needless_a delicacy_n but_o much_o more_o misery_n and_o nigardlines_n must_v be_v avoid_v for_o as_o immoderate_a expense_n be_v hurtful_a so_o necessary_a and_o convenient_a fare_n be_v honest_a and_o wholesome_a respect_n be_v also_o to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o place_n the_o time_n and_o person_n weigh_v therewithal_o what_o belong_v to_o private_a and_o public_a honesty_n dignity_n and_o profit_n not_o neglect_v the_o change_n of_o exercise_n and_o honest_a pleasure_n l._n tubero_n make_v a_o public_a feast_n cover_v all_o his_o bed_n with_o the_o skin_n of_o kid_n and_o for_o so_o do_v be_v think_v indiscrete_a and_o ignorant_a in_o thing_n belong_v to_o public_a honour_n and_o reputation_n also_o for_o the_o same_o be_v depose_v from_o the_o office_n of_o praetor_n but_o 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