Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	error_n	young_a	youth_n	33	3	7.7612	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00810	The bloudy booke, or, The tragicall and desperate end of Sir Iohn Fites (alias) Fitz		1605 (1605)	STC 10930; ESTC S105621	14,005	43

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