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	see_v	true_a	4,758	5	4.6437	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37477	[Patrikon dōron, or], A legacie to his sonnes digested into quadrins / by Henry Delaune.	Delaune, Henry.	1651 (1651)	Wing D887; ESTC R36087	25,686	101

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