Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	fable_n	great_a	44	3	2.0729	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13448	The fearefull summer, or, Londons calamity, the countries courtesy, and both their misery by Iohn Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1625 (1625)	STC 23754; ESTC S531	12,976	32

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