Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	brazen_a	look_v	serpent_n	839	5	9.9901	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13203	[The Pentateuch]; Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. English. Tyndale. 1530.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1530 (1530)	STC 2350; ESTC S1193	348,761	749

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