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
A85008	Antheologia or The speech of flowers.	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.; Stafford, John, bookseller in London,	1655 (1655)	Wing F2409; Thomason E1647_2; ESTC R209092	18,731	98

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