Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	godliness_n	love_n	temperance_n	1,495	5	11.3666	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08772	The prentises practise in Godlinesse, and his true freedome Diuided into ten chapters. Written by B.P.	B. P., fl. 1608.; T. R., fl. 1608.	1608 (1608)	STC 19057; ESTC S120852	65,287	210

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