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	speak_v	time_n	3,545	5	3.5901	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65969	A letter out of Lancashire to a friend in London, giving some account of the late tryals there together with some seasonable and proper remarks upon it, recommended to the wisdom of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament.	Wagstaffe, Thomas, 1645-1712.	1694 (1694)	Wing W208; ESTC R8113	15,077	17

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