Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	cause_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	77	3	8.7797	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36785	A narrative of unheard of popish cruelties towards Protestants beyond seas, or, A new account of the bloody Spanish inquisition published as a caveat to Protestants / by Mr. Dugdale.	Dugdale, Stephen, 1640?-1683.; Dugdale, Ric.,	1680 (1680)	Wing D2473; ESTC R763	26,721	32

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