Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	charity_n	faith_n	temperance_n	1,943	5	10.7125	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04989	The resolued gentleman. Translated out of Spanishe into Englyshe, by Lewes Lewkenor Esquier; Chevalier délibéré. English	La Marche, Olivier de, ca. 1426-1502.; Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, d. 1626.	1594 (1594)	STC 15139; ESTC S108201	70,399	158

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