Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lie_v	speak_v	word_n	3,929	5	4.2262	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26564	Henry Cornelius Agrippa his fourth book of occult philosophy of geomancie, magical elements of Peter de Aban : astronomical geomancie ; the nature of spirits ; Arbatel of magick ; the species or several kindes of magick / translated into English by Robert Turner.; De occulta philosophia. Book 4. English.	Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665.; Petrus, de Abano, ca. 1250-ca. 1315. Heptameron.	1665 (1665)	Wing A786; ESTC R32699	134,939	242

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