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	holy_a	scripture_n	2,400	5	5.5262	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59093	The reverse or back-face of the English Janus to-wit, all that is met with in story concerning the common and statute-law of English Britanny, from the first memoirs of the two nations, to the decease of King Henry II. set down and tackt together succinctly by way of narrative : designed, devoted and dedicated to the most illustrious the Earl of Salisbury / written in Latin by John Selden ... ; and rendred into English by Redman Westcot, Gent.; Jani Anglorum facies altera. English	Selden, John, 1584-1654.; Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.; White, Robert, 1645-1703.	1682 (1682)	Wing S2436; ESTC R14398	136,793	167

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be_v please_v with_o the_o derive_v it_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esh_n i._n e._n fire_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maim_v i._n e._n water_n let_v some_o more_o know_v janus_n tell_v you_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3_o for_o my_o part_n i_o shall_v not_o this_o game_n pursue_v why_o shall_v i_o lose_v my_o time_n and_o labour_n too_o the_o superstition_n and_o foppery_n the_o rite_n and_o usage_n the_o lustration_n and_o purifying_n the_o prayer_n and_o litany_n and_o the_o solemn_a preparation_n in_o consecrate_v and_o conjure_v the_o water_n etc._n etc._n you_o have_v in_o will._n lambard_n in_o his_o explication_n of_o law_n term_n roberti_n and_o in_o matthew_n parker_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o his_o antiquity_n of_o the_o british_a church_n both_o of_o they_o together_o with_o that_o other_o of_o single_a combat_n or_o duel_n for_o that_o also_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o ordeal_n be_v judge_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v 5._o impious_a custom_n and_o it_o be_v long_o since_o that_o they_o have_v be_v lay_v aside_o and_o not_o put_v in_o practice_n among_o the_o common_a ordinary_a way_n of_o people_n purge_v and_o clear_v themselves_o well_o now_o let_v i_o come_v back_o to_o my_o own_o country_n again_o and_o return_v to_o northampton_n chap._n xvii_o other_o law_n of_o entertain_v of_o stranger_n a_o uncuth_n a_o gust_n a_o hogenhine_n what_o of_o he_o who_o confess_v the_o murder_n etc._n etc._n of_o frank_n pledge_n of_o a_o heir_n under_o age_n of_o a_o widow_n dowry_n of_o take_v the_o king_n fealty_n of_o set_v a_o time_n to_o do_v homage_n of_o the_o justice_n duty_n of_o their_o demolish_n of_o castle_n of_o felon_n to_o be_v put_v into_o the_o sheriff_n hand_n of_o those_o who_o have_v depart_v the_o realm_n 68_o let_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o no_o man_n neither_o in_o borough_n nor_o in_o village_n or_o place_n of_o entertainment_n to_o have_v or_o keep_v in_o his_o house_n beyond_o one_o night_n 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for_o murder_n or_o for_o theft_n or_o robbery_n or_o forgery_n and_o be_v know_v thereof_o i._n e._n shall_v confess_v it_o or_o for_o any_o other_o felony_n which_o he_o shall_v have_v do_v before_o the_o provost_n the_o master_n or_o bailiff_n of_o the_o hundred_o or_o borough_n and_o before_o lawful_a man_n he_o can_v deny_v it_o afterward_o before_o the_o justice_n and_o if_o the_o same_o person_n without_o seisin_n with_o seisin_n in_o this_o place_n be_v the_o same_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o common_o say_v in_o our_o language_n take_v with_o the_o manner_n shall_v recognize_v or_o acknowledge_v any_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n before_o they_o this_o also_o in_o like_a manner_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o deny_v before_o the_o justice_n 70._o if_o any_o one_o shall_v die_v hold_v in_o frank_n