Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	justice_n	prudence_n	temperance_n	1,847	5	10.3903	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39701	Animadversions on a petition delivered to the honourable House of Parliament by several of the godly party in the county of Salop in vindication of the present government of the commonwealth, the prudent conduct of the army, and the liberties of the people / by R.F.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1653 (1653)	Wing F1208; ESTC R9352	10,479	41

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