Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	good_a	lord_n	2,726	5	3.8026	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11016	Here after folows the hystorye of Gesta Romanorum; Gesta Romanorum. English.		1557 (1557)	STC 21287; ESTC S103179	104,702	166

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