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	love_n	word_n	4,023	5	4.0687	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00977	The purple island, or, The isle of man together with Piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies / by P.F.	Fletcher, Phineas, 1582-1650.	1633 (1633)	STC 11082.5; ESTC S5142	154,399	335

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