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
A67614	Effigies amoris in English, or, The picture of love unveil'd; Amoris effigies. English. 1682	Waring, Robert, 1614-1658.; Phil-icon-erus.	1682 (1682)	Wing W865; ESTC R38066	55,822	148

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