Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	bear_v	great_a	witness_n	2,192	5	7.5158	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33541	Fatal friendship a tragedy, as it is acted at the New-Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields.	Trotter, Catharine, 1679-1749.	1698 (1698)	Wing C4802; ESTC R18738	45,740	71

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