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	spirit_n	worship_n	4,803	5	8.0593	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18244	Cato variegatus or Catoes morall distichs: translated and paraphras'd, with varations of expressing, in English verse. By Sr. Richard Baker Knight; Catonis disticha. English and Latin.	Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.; Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.	1636 (1636)	STC 4863; ESTC S107921	41,226	110

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promiseris_fw-la ulli_fw-la ne_fw-la sis_fw-la ventosus_fw-la dum_fw-la vis_fw-la urbanus_fw-la haberi_fw-la 28._o 25_o promise_v not_o twice_o a_o thing_n within_o thy_o might_n lest_o thou_o instead_o of_o kind_n be_v count_v light_n or_o thus_o 25_o let_v man_n no_o lightness_n in_o thy_o promise_n find_v p●aying_v with_o air_n thou_o shall_v be_v think_v but_o wind_n or_o thus_o 25_o thy_o promise_n break_v be_v the_o truth_n deny_v and_o be_v but_o a_o more_o solid_a kind_n of_o lie_v or_o thus_o 25_o discredit_v not_o thy_o promise_n with_o delay_n lest_o no_o man_n trust_v hereafter_o what_o you_o say_v or_o thus_o 25_o performance_n of_o thy_o promise_n do_v not_o sleight_n why_o shall_v thou_o make_v thyself_o a_o grain_n too_o light_a or_o thus_o 25_o promise_v once_o make_v intend_v to_o keep_v it_o straight_o who_o will_v be_v count_v light_n that_o may_v be_v weight_n or_o thus_o 25_o in_o ma●ing_a promise_n ●hy_a faith_n stand_v at_o stake_n do_v it_o thou_o must_v or_o else_o thy_o faith_n forsake_v or_o thus_o 25_o who_o promise_n break_v when_o he_o can_v do_v a_o thing_n be_v like_o a_o foolish_a bird_n clip_v she_o own_o wing_n or_o thus_o 25_o that_o promise_n be_v a_o due_a debt_n make_v no_o doubt_n who_o promise_n break_v be_v the_o true_a bankrupt_a or_o thus_o 25_o in_o keep_v promise_n if_o thou_o can_v be_v just_o why_o shall_v thou_o go_v a_o lie_v upon_o trust_n 26_o qui_fw-la simulat_fw-la verbis_fw-la nec_fw-la cord_n est_fw-la fidus_fw-la amicus_fw-la 〈…〉_z tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la fac_fw-la simile_n sic_fw-la ars_fw-la deluditur_fw-la arte_fw-la 26_o when_o one_o be_v friend_n in_o word_n but_o not_o in_o heart_n be_v thou_o so_o too_o so_o art_n be_v mock_v with_o art_n or_o thus_o 26_o when_o one_o be_v much_o in_o word_n in_o truth_n not_o much_o be_v thou_o so_o too_o feign_v be_v make_v for_o such_o or_o thus_o 26_o when_o one_o bear_v thou_o no_o love_n yet_o make_v a_o show_n do_v thou_o so_o too_o it_o may_v be_v blow_n for_o blow_n or_o thus_o 26_o when_o one_o mean_v thou_o no_o good_a yet_o speak_v thou_o fair_a do_v thou_o the_o like_a so_o thou_o shall_v make_v a_o pair_n or_o thus_o 26_o when_o one_o profess_v love_n but_o be_v not_o sound_a do_v thou_o the_o like_a to_o he_o such_o hare_n such_o hound_n or_o thus_o 26_o when_o one_o pretend_v love_n that_o have_v no_o such_o thought_n do_v thou_o the_o like_a so_o dotterel_n must_v be_v catch_v 27_o noli_fw-la homines_fw-la nimium_fw-la bl●nd●_n sermone_fw-la prob●●●_n fistula_n dulce_fw-la canit_fw-la volucrem_fw-la dum_fw-la decipit_fw-la a●ceps_fw-la 27_o trust_v not_o to_o man_n for_o their_o fair_a speech_n make_v the_o pipe_n sound_v sweet_o while_o the_o bird_n be_v take_v or_o thus_o 27_o when_o man_n come_v honey_n mouth_v if_o you_o but_o watch_v you_o will_v find_v their_o word_n but_o lime_n twig_n shine_v to_o catch_v or_o thus_o 27_o in_o fawn_a word_n think_v not_o true_a meaning_n straight_o what_o good_a do_v trap_n unless_o they_o have_v a_o bait_n 28_o quum_fw-la tibi_fw-la sint_fw-la nati_n nec_fw-la opes_fw-la tunc_fw-la artibus_fw-la illos_fw-la instrue_v quo_fw-la possint_fw-la inopem_fw-la defendere_fw-la ●itam_fw-la 28_o when_o thou_o have_v child_n and_o no_o good_n to_o give_v then_o train_n they_o up_o in_o trade_n whereby_o to_o live_v or_o thus_o 28_o when_o thou_o have_v child_n and_o small_a sustentation_n then_o give_v they_o portion_n in_o good_a education_n 29_o quoth_v vile_a est_fw-la carum_fw-la quod_fw-la carum_fw-la vile_a putato_fw-la sic_fw-la tibi_fw-la nec_fw-la cupidus_fw-la nec_fw-la auar_n u_fw-mi nosceris_fw-la ulli_fw-la 29_o account_v base_a thing_n as_o dear_a dear_a thing_n as_o base_a so_o shall_v thou_o have_v selfe-peace_n and_o other_o grace_n or_o thus_o 29_o to_o hold_v thing_n base_a and_o dear_a in_o equal_a price_n abate_v both_o clog_n and_o stain_n of_o avarice_n or_o thus_o 29_o account_v no_o odds_n between_o thing_n base_a and_o dear_a a_o gilt_n or_o wooden_a 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such_o or_o thus_o 30_o when_o you_o condemn_v be_v sure_a you_o guiltless_a stand_n it_o be_v shame_n to_o see_v a_o judge_n hold_v up_o his_o hand_n 31_o quod_fw-la instum_fw-la est_fw-la petito_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la videatur_fw-la honestum_fw-la nam_fw-la stultum_fw-la est_fw-la petore_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la possit_fw-la jure_fw-la negari_fw-la 31_o ask_v that_o be_v just_a at_o least_o just_a to_o the_o eye_n it_o be_v shame_n to_o ask_v what_o it_o be_v just_a to_o deny_v or_o thus_o 31_o ask_v that_o be_v just_a it_o be_v folly_n if_o not_o pride_n to_o ask_v a_o thing_n may_v just_o be_v deny_v or_o thus_o 31_o ask_v not_o but_o what_o be_v just_a it_o be_v want_n of_o wit_n to_o ask_v a_o thing_n thou_o know_v to_o be_v unfit_a or_o thus_o 31_o be_v sure_a thy_o s●ite_n be_v just_a a_o unjust_a suit_n proclaim_v its_o own_o denial_n or_o stand_v mute_a or_o thus_o 31_o ask_v that_o be_v just_a at_o least_o in_o estimation_n to_o ask_v a_o thing_n unjust_a be_v mere_a 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