Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	light_n	see_v	4,540	5	3.7084	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05598	The pilgrimes farewell, to his natiue countrey of Scotland vvherein is contained, in way of dialogue, the ioyes and miseries of peregrination. With his Lamentado in his second trauels, his Passionado on the Rhyne, diuerse other insertings, and farewels, to noble personages, and, the heremites welcome to his third pilgrimage, &c. Worthie to be seene and read of all gallant spirits, and pompe-expecting eyes. By William Lithgow, the bonauenture of Europe, Asia, and Africa, &c.	Lithgow, William, 1582-1645?	1618 (1618)	STC 15715; ESTC S109476	29,168	66

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live_v content_a pilgrim_n to_o live_v below_o my_o mind_n i_o can_v bow_v to_o love_v a_o private_a life_n o_o there_o i_o smart_n to_o mount_v beyond_o my_o mean_n i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o stay_v at_o home_o still_o cross_v i_o break_v my_o heart_n and_o muse_n take_v heed_n i_o find_v such_o love_n in_o stranger_n make_v i_o affect_v all_o heathnicke_n torture_a danger_n muse._n but_o o_o dear_a soul_n that_o life_n be_v full_a of_o care_n great_a heat_n great_a cold_a great_a want_n great_a fear_n great_a pain_n a_o passionate_a toil_n with_o anxious_a despair_n where_o plague_n and_o pest_n and_o murder_n grow_v amain_o thy_o pilgrimage_n a_o tragic_a stage_n of_o sorrow_n may_v spend_v at_o night_n and_o nothing_o on_o the_o morrow_n pilgrim_n no_o pilgrimage_n the_o wellspring_n be_v of_o wit_n the_o clear_a fountain_n whence_o grave_a wisdom_n spring_v the_o seat_n of_o knowledge_n where_o science_n still_o do_v sit_v a_o breathe_a judgement_n deck_v with_o prudent_a thing_n 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sea_n and_o flood_n where_o fatal_a peril_n lie_v the_o ravenous_a beast_n that_o live_v in_o wilderness_n the_o irksome_a wood_n the_o sandy_a desert_n dry_a the_o drought_n thou_o thol'_v in_o thy_o dear-bought_a distress_n i_o do_v conjure_v these_o fear_n to_o make_v thou_o stay_v since_o i_o nor_o reason_n can_v not_o move_v delay_n pilgrim_n though_o scorch_a sun_n and_o scarce_o of_o rain_n i_o bide_v these_o plague_n thou_o sing_v and_o else_o what_o can_v befall_v my_o mind_n be_v firm_a my_o standard_n can_v slide_v the_o light_n of_o nature_n i_o must_v travel_v call_v the_o more_o i_o see_v the_o more_o i_o learn_v to_o know_v since_o i_o reap_v gain_v thereby_o what_o can_v thou_o show_v muse._n the_o loss_n of_o friend_n their_o counsel_n and_o their_o sight_n the_o tender_a love_n in_o their_o rancountringe_n oft_o in_o this_o thy_o bright_a day_n turn_v dark_a night_n when_o thou_o must_v court_v hard_a heart_n and_o leave_v the_o soft_a what_o great_a pleasure_n can_v 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preferment_n land_n and_o great_a style_n yet_o never_o content_v of_o all_o when_o they_o have_v store_n and_o from_o the_o shepherd_n to_o the_o king_n i_o see_v there_o be_v no_o contentment_n for_o a_o worldly_a eye_n o_o be_v he_o poor_a then_o fain_o he_o will_v be_v rich_a and_o rich_a what_o torment_n his_o great_a griede_n do_v feel_v and_o be_v he_o gentle_a he_o strive_v more_o highte_n to_o touch_v if_o he_o unthrive_v he_o hate_v another_o we_o will_v his_o eye_n pull_v home_o what_o his_o hand_n dare_v not_o fetch_v a_o quiet_a mind_n who_o can_v attain_v that_o height_n but_o either_o slay_v by_o griede_n or_o envy_n spite_n man_n naked_a bear_v and_o naked_a he_o return_v yet_o while_o he_o live_v god_n