Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	civil_a	magistrate_n	1,328	5	8.0220	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16183	A large examination taken at Lambeth, according to his Maiesties direction, point by point, of M. G. Blakwell, made Arch-priest of England, by Pope Clement 8 Vpon occasion of a certaine answere of his, without the priuitie of the state, to a letter lately sent vnto him from Cardinall Bellarmine, blaming him for taking the oath of Allegeance. Together with the Cardinals letter, and M. Blakwels said answere vnto it. Also M. Blakwels letter to the Romish Catholickes in England, aswell ecclesiasticall, as lay.	Blackwell, George, 1546 or 7-1613.; Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.	1609 (1609)	STC 3104; ESTC S121306	104,118	220

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nos_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la opinor_fw-la quòd_fw-la angli_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la permitterent_fw-la pontificem_fw-la destituere_fw-la suum_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o alium_fw-la constituere_fw-la nunquam_fw-la enim_fw-la aliquem_fw-la romanorum_fw-la pontificum_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la permiserunt_fw-la that_o be_v if_o any_o king_n with_o their_o people_n have_v subject_v themselves_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o it_o be_v report_v of_o the_o english_a but_o untrue_o as_o this_o examinate_a have_v before_o show_v that_o touch_v not_o us._n and_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o the_o english_a will_v by_o any_o mean_n permit_v the_o pope_n to_o depose_v their_o king_n and_o constitute_v another_o for_o they_o never_o suffer_v any_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n so_o to_o do_v johan._n mayor_n in_o 4._o sentent_fw-fr distinct_a 24._o quaest_n 3._o de_fw-fr ratione_fw-la potestatis_fw-la laicae_fw-la est_fw-la poenam_fw-la civilem_fw-la posse_fw-la infligere_fw-la 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