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	word_n	9,131	5	4.2861	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52945	New news of a strange monster found in Stow Woods near Buckingham, of human shape, with a double heart, and no hands, a head with two tongues, and no brains		1679 (1679)	Wing N688; ESTC R12303	3,110	4

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