Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	duty_n	good_a	servant_n	6,329	5	7.1626	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15012	The poore mans advocate, or, A treatise of liberality to the needy. Delivered in sermons by William Whately minister of Banbury	Whately, William, 1583-1639.	1637 (1637)	STC 25316; ESTC S106612	35,012	202

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