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	death_n	life_n	1,641	5	4.5440	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04489	Rede me and be nott wrothe for I saye no thynge but trothe I will ascende makynge my state so hye, that my pompous honoure shall never dye. O caytyfe when thou thynkest least of all, with confusion thou shalt have a fall.	Barlow, William, fl. 1527.; Barlowe, Jerome, fl. 1527 attributed name.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531, attributed name.	1528 (1528)	STC 1462.7; ESTC S116283	48,392	146

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