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
A61207	The spiritual chymist, or, Six decads of divine meditations on several subjects by William Spurstow ...	Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666.	1666 (1666)	Wing S5097; ESTC R22598	119,345	208

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