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
A19072	Politique discourses upon trueth and lying An instruction to princes to keepe their faith and promise: containing the summe of Christian and morall philosophie, and the duetie of a good man in sundrie politique discourses vpon the trueth and lying. First composed by Sir Martyn Cognet ... Newly translated out of French into English, by Sir Edward Hoby, Knight.; Instruction aux princes pour garder la foy promise. English	Coignet, Matthieu, sieur de La Thuillerie, 1514-1586.; Hoby, Edward, Sir, 1560-1617.	1586 (1586)	STC 5486; ESTC S108450	244,085	262

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integrity_n and_o truth_n beseech_v to_o this_o end_n by_o earnest_a prayer_n the_o aid_n of_o god_n through_o his_o holy_a spirit_n and_o imagine_v that_o we_o be_v always_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n his_o holy_a saint_n and_o angel_n and_o since_o that_o we_o be_v the_o heir_n of_o god_n and_o coheyre_n with_o christ_n jesus_n the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o fellow_n bourgeses_n with_o the_o saint_n and_o servant_n of_o god_n let_v we_o be_v ashamed_a to_o defile_v that_o temple_n and_o holy_a company_n through_o the_o lewdness_n of_o our_o life_n and_o call_v to_o mind_n over_o and_o beside_o that_o we_o find_v so_o much_o mark_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n virtue_n the_o excellent_a virtue_n of_o the_o heathen_a as_o the_o innocence_n and_o abstinence_n of_o aristides_n the_o integrity_n of_o photion_n the_o holiness_n of_o socrates_n the_o charity_n of_o cymon_n the_o temperance_n of_o camillus_n the_o thriftiness_n of_o curius_n the_o uprightness_n 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