Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	ask_v	face_n	great_a	28	3	2.0729	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60171	Theophania, or, Severall modern histories represented by way of romance and politickly discours'd upon / by an English person of quality.	Sales, W., Sir.	1655 (1655)	Wing S371; ESTC R16110	148,797	232

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