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	word_n	zion_n	39	3	8.8480	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00832	The lives of saints written in Spanish, by the learned and reuerend father Alfonso Villegas, diuine and preacher. ; Translated out of Italian into English, and conferred with the Spanish. By W. & E.K. B..; Flos sanctorum. English	Villegas, Alfonso de.; Ribadeneyra, Pedro de, 1526-1611.; Kinsman, Edward.; Kinsman, William.	1614 (1614)	STC 24731.5; ESTC S95676	392,335	715

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so_o honour_v they_o and_o imitate_v their_o virtue_n we_o shall_v receive_v help_n and_o benefit_n by_o their_o assistance_n and_o prayer_n in_o this_o world_n and_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o glory_n which_o they_o posesse_v in_o the_o eternal_a beatitude_n unto_o the_o which_o god_n bring_v we_o for_o his_o great_a mercy_n sake_n amen_n the_o commemoration_n of_o the_o faithful_a decease_a the_o prophet_n daniel_n be_v in_o babylon_n discover_v a_o fraud_n and_o deceit_n which_o the_o minister_n of_o a_o temple_n use_v in_o make_v man_n to_o believe_v that_o their_o i_o doll_n call_v bell_n do_v cate_z up_o those_o meat_n that_o be_v offer_v unto_o it_o when_o as_o they_o themselves_o indeed_o do_v eat_v it_o up_o darius_n the_o king_n punish_v these_o man_n with_o death_n where_o upon_o the_o people_n raise_v a_o uproar_n and_o commotion_n against_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o king_n not_o be_v able_a to_o restrain_v their_o fury_n they_o throw_v he_o into_o a_o den_n among_o 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