Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	follow_v	life_n	way_n	4,821	5	5.7916	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18411	Euthymiæ raptus; or The teares of peace with interlocutions. By Geo. Chapman.	Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.	1609 (1609)	STC 4976; ESTC S104931	19,902	46

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