Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	good_a	king_n	subject_n	2,457	5	6.6055	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85748	Politick maxims and observations written by the most learned Hugo Grotius translated for the ease and benefit of the English states-men. By H.C. S.T.B.	Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.; Campanella, Tommaso, 1568-1639.; H.C., S.T.B.	1654 (1654)	Wing G2123; Thomason E1527_2; ESTC R202255	31,497	154

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