Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	fortitude_n	justice_n	temperance_n	2,097	5	10.3230	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08063	A discourse whether a noble man by birth or a gentleman by desert is greater in nobilitie; Nennio. English	Nenna, Giovanni Battista.; Jones, William, Sir, 1566-1640.	1600 (1600)	STC 18429; ESTC S112758	119,707	207

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