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	speak_v	word_n	6,852	5	4.5022	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51532	The portraicture of Roger L'Estrange drawn to the life as it was taken in the Queens Chappel	Mowbray, Lawrence.; Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689. L'Estrange a papist.	1681 (1681)	Wing M2995; ESTC R15766	12,436	24

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