Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	heart_n	know_v	speak_v	4,049	5	4.4293	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67757	A hopefull way to cure that horrid sinne of swearing, or, An help to save swearers if willing to be saved being an offer or message from him whom they so daringly and audaciously provoke : also a curb against cursing.	Younge, Richard.	1652 (1652)	Wing Y162; ESTC R25220	20,416	22

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