Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	command_v	forbid_v	vice_n	1,917	5	9.6001	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85876	Chartæ scriptæ: or A new game at cards, call'd Play by the booke.	Gayton, Edmund, 1608-1666.	1645 (1645)	Wing G408; Thomason E309_19; ESTC R200422	12,172	31

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