Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	church_n	know_v	4,058	5	4.1423	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02548	The honor of the married clergie, maintayned against the malicious challenges of C.E. Masse-priest: or. The apologie written some yeeres since for the marriage of persons ecclesiasticall made good against the cauils of C.E. pseudo-Catholik priest. In three books. By Ios. Hall, D. of Diuin. Deane of Worcest.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.; Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. An liceat sacerdotibus inire matrimonia.	1620 (1620)	STC 12674; ESTC S119011	135,526	384

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18._o theu_n r._n the._n p._n 76._o l._n ●_o be_v r._n use_n p._n 81._o l._n penult_n there_o r._n thou_o p._n 85._o marg._n prius_fw-la r._n p●ius_fw-la p._n 97._o l._n 16._o vigilantius_fw-la r._n vigilantius_fw-la p._n 101._o l._n 2._o dare_v r._n clear_a p._n 103._o l._n 17._o now_o r._n ●ow_o p._n 107._o l._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 138._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 1●9_n l._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n l._n 2d_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 150._o l._n 11._o just_o r._n unjust_o p._n 157._o l._n ult._n prosecute_v r._n persecute_v p._n 160_o l._n 12._o somewhat_o r._n somewhere_o p._n 164_o l._n 21._o the_o redundat_fw-la p._n 165_o l._n 2._o ochius_n r._n ochi●s_n ibid._n l._n ult._n holy_a water_n r._n hot_a water_n p._n 170_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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intemperate_a neither_o can_v he_o make_v i_o believe_v that_o my_o passion_n need_v to_o appear_v to_o my_o shame_n in_o call_v rome_n prostitute_n civitas_fw-la or_o himself_o shameless_a or_o in_o cite_v from_o the_o quodlibet_n of_o his_o own_o catholic_a priest_n the_o art_n of_o his_o jesuit_n in_o place_n drury_v of_o young_a heir_n there_o be_v neither_o slander_n nor_o shame_n in_o truth_n for_o himself_o he_o confess_v to_o have_v sharpen_v his_o pen_n and_o to_o have_v dip_v it_o perhaps_o too_o deep_a in_o gall_n but_o where_o his_o ink_n be_v too_o thick_a he_o shall_v give_v i_o leave_v to_o put_v a_o little_a vinegar_n to_o it_o that_o it_o may_v flow_v the_o better_a in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o shall_v go_v away_o with_o this_o glory_n that_o a_o foul_a mouth_n have_v seldom_o

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