Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	let_v	see_v	word_n	4,072	5	3.9829	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89661	News indeed: Winchester taken. Together with a fuller relation of the great victory obtained (through Gods providence) at Alsford, on Friday the 28. of March, 1644. by the Parliaments forces, under the command of Sir William Waller, Sir William Balfore, and Maior Generall Browne, against the forces commanded by the Earl of Forth, the L. Hopton, Commissary Wilmot and others. As it was presented to the right hoble the Lord Major and the committee of the militia for the city of London, by an eye witnesse. Published by authority.; Fuller relation of the great victory obtained (through Gods providence) at Alsford, on Friday the 28. of March, 1644.	E. A.	1644 (1644)	Wing N1031; Thomason E40_9; ESTC R18860	4,557	8

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