Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	good_a	hear_v	word_n	3,550	5	4.2659	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20442	The defence of trade In a letter to Sir Thomas Smith Knight, gouernour of the East-India Companie, &c. From one of that societie.	Digges, Dudley, Sir, 1583-1639.; Smith, Thomas, Sir, 1558?-1625.; Kayll, Robert. Trades increase.	1615 (1615)	STC 6845; ESTC S109687	29,831	56

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