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	heart_n	spirit_n	1,890	5	5.0365	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94470	To the Honourable the Commons assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of divers well-affected people inhabiting in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, hamblets, and places adjacent. Promoters and approvers of the petition of the 11. of September, 1648.		1650 (1650)	Wing T1430; Thomason 669.f.15[54]	4,999	1

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