Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	pay_v	say_a	treasurer_n	832	5	12.1707	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03934	The keepers of the liberty of England by authority of Parliament ...	England and Wales. Parliament.	1649 (1649)	Wing K129A; ESTC R188864	3,170	1

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