Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	affirm_v	certain_a	great_a	188	4	2.0716	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16191	A schole of wise conceytes vvherin as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth, set forth in common places by order of the alphabet. Translated out of diuers Greke and Latine wryters, by Thomas Blage student of the Queenes Colledge in Cambridge.	Blague, Thomas, d. 1611.	1569 (1569)	STC 3114; ESTC S109053	110,067	304

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the_o ass_n and_o the_o fox_n the_o ass_n the_o fox_n be_v enter_v friendship_n fellowship_n go_v forth_o a_o hunt_n who_o a_o lion_n meeting_n the_o fox_n see_v the_o present_a danger_n go_v to_o the_o lion_n '_o and_o promise_v to_o deliver_v y_z e_o ass_n into_o his_o hand_n so_o that_o she_o may_v escape_v scotfree_a the_o lion_n agree_v then_o she_o lead_v the_o ass_n and_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v trap_v in_o a_o net_n but_o the_o lion_n see_v he_o so_o fast_o that_o he_o may_v not_o escape_v first_o lay_v hold_v on_o y_z e_z fox_n and_o after_o he_o serve_v the_o ass_n likewise_o mor._n they_o which_o betray_v their_o fellow_n undoo_v themselves_o unaware_o 164_o of_o a_o dog_n and_o the_o ass_n a_o bandog_n which_o be_v able_a too_o vanquishe_v wit●●sse_n not_o only_a wolf_n but_o also_o bear_v have_v journey_v a_o long_a way_n with_o a_o ass_n which_o carry_v a_o sack_n full_a of_o bread_n as_o they_o go_v on_o their_o way_n a_o tempeste_n arise_v than_o the_o ass_n happen_v 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