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	lord_n	word_n	6,765	5	4.1109	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52060	The true copy of the letter which was sent from divers ministers by Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Nye to the Generall Assembly of Scotland	Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.; Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672.	1643 (1643)	Wing M796; ESTC R984	1,975	9

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