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	know_v	love_n	1,929	5	5.1685	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18412	A free and offenceles iustification of a lately publisht and most maliciously misinterpreted poeme: entituled Andromeda liberata.	Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.	1614 (1614)	STC 4977; ESTC S114692	6,360	18

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