Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	life_n	speak_v	word_n	4,493	5	4.1347	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93926	The VViltshire rant; or A narrative wherein the most unparallel'd prophane actings, counterfeit repentings, and evil speakings of Thomas Webbe late pretended minister of Langley Buriall, are discovered; the particulars whereof are set down in the following page. Also the proceedings of those in authority against him. With a catalogue of his untruths in his Masse of malice, and replies to sundry of them. by Edw. Stokes Esq;	Stokes, Edward, Esq.	1653 (1653)	Wing S5725; Thomason E669_5; ESTC R207024	71,727	91

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it_o out_o of_o our_o ash_n and_o rather_o than_o he_o will_v miss_v of_o his_o aim_n he_o will_v swear_v false_o in_o open_a court_n but_o he_o respect_v neither_o law_n nor_o gospel_n but_o be_v a_o blasphemer_n and_o contemner_n of_o both_o p._n 20._o perfect_a malice_n and_o envy_n lead_v he_o to_o another_o design_n say_v the_o rant_a parson_n for_o to_o take_v away_o my_o mean_n which_o after_o much_o injustice_n and_o gross_a abuse_n act_v towards_o i_o he_o have_v obtain_v the_o wrong_n and_o injury_n do_v to_o i_o be_v very_o great_a not_o only_o in_o take_v away_o my_o mean_n but_o render_v i_o under_o a_o most_o foul_a and_o unclean_a vizard_n p._n 20._o so_o a_o honest_a man_n one_o m._n richard_n wick_n supply_v my_o place_n in_o my_o absence_n p._n 21._o so_o m._n pinell_n part_v and_o look_v after_o the_o business_n no_o further_o though_o very_o much_o solicit_v thereto_o by_o m._n stokes_n p._n 21._o but_o m._n stokes_n he_o send_v to_o a_o solicitor_n that_o attend_v the_o committee_n p._n 21._o m._n stokes_n be_v trouble_v in_o his_o mind_n that_o nothing_o be_v do_v against_o i_o p._n 22._o which_o two_o order_n be_v not_o then_o create_v nor_o be_v there_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o order_n p._n 22._o he_o summons_v i_o to_o appear_v before_o the_o commissioner_n p._n 22._o m._n stokes_n return_v i_o this_o answer_n that_o he_o have_v send_v up_o the_o body_n of_o another_o charge_n against_o i_o p._n 4._o he_o will_v have_v this_o massey_n and_o send_v his_o letter_n for_o he_o as_o it_o be_v prove_v to_o his_o face_n the_o 22._o of_o september_n last_o great_a preparation_n be_v make_v by_o m._n stokes_n etc._n etc._n for_o a_o petition_n to_o the_o committee_n for_o massey_n what_o be_v act_v by_o these_o man_n viz._n m._n stokes_n and_o m._n shute_n say_v the_o libeler_n not_o knowledge_n nor_o any_o interest_n in_o the_o thing_n but_o impudent_a malice_n p._n 46._o sr_n edward_n baynton_n and_o his_o faction_n cause_v they_o to_o be_v disband_v p._n 50._o their_o send_v i_o the_o warrant_n without_o either_o charge_n or_o order_n bewray_v in_o they_o abundance_n of_o ignorance_n or_o malice_n so_o about_o ten_o day_n after_o when_o m._n stokes_n his_o partner_n cha●_z aland_o and_o massey_n have_v hatch_v a_o charge_n than_o it_o be_v send_v to_o i_o p._n 51._o the_o great_a ground_n of_o exception_n pag._n 52._o be_v print_v contrary_a to_o the_o original_a copy_n wherein_o false_o they_o inform_v that_o i_o contemn_v the_o committee_n order_n p._n 53._o but_o m._n wiliington_n tell_v i_o what_o i_o have_v do_v question_v the_o authority_n of_o that_o committee_n p._n 53._o the_o article_n intend_v to_o be_v examine_v be_v not_o those_o exhibit_v before_o the_o committee_n p._n 53._o the_o libeler_n intimate_v pag._n 54._o that_o m._n stokes_n do_v carry_v up_o the_o examination_n against_o he_o to_o the_o committee_n and_o solicit_v for_o a_o poor_a slipshood-parson_n p._n 54._o true_o my_o eye_n have_v see_v he_o do_v such_o horrid_a act_n of_o blasphemy_n say_v the_o libeler_n of_o the_o high_a nature_n as_o ever_o i_o hear_v relate_v to_o be_v do_v by_o any_o p._n 54_o he_o be_v become_v viz_o a_o mere_a dissembler_n with_o god_n and_o man_n he_o be_v a_o public_a mocker_n jeerer_n and_o deride_n of_o all_o public_a worship_n and_o fall_v down_o upon_o his_o knee_n to_o a_o mock-prayer_n and_o make_v the_o same_o a_o subject_n of_o mirth_n pag._n 54._o m._n stokes_n and_o myself_o with_o two_o or_o three_o more_o lay_v at_o the_o boars-head_n in_o salisbury_n p._n 55._o and_o come_v to_o bed_n with_o very_o blasphemous_a word_n in_o his_o mouth_n pag._n 55._o find_v a_o bottle_n he_o fill_v it_o with_o his_o urine_n and_o set_v it_o by_o his_o filth_n he_o use_v the_o gesture_n of_o kneel_v and_o express_v himself_o in_o this_o abominable_a and_o blasphemous_a language_n to_o i_o viz._n that_o i_o shall_v kneel_v down_o and_o partake_v the_o communion_n say_v he_o point_v to_o his_o dung_n 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answer_n say_v the_o parson_n in_o any_o fair_a even_o and_o just_a way_n p._n 57_o in_o the_o 57_o pag._n he_o have_v set_v down_o the_o article_n of_o profaneness_n and_o scandal_n against_o himself_o false_o in_o the_o same_o page_n he_o belie_v m_n stokes_n concerning_o his_o deposition_n to_o the_o first_o article_n be_v earnest_o desire_v say_v he_o by_o m._n white_n and_o the_o parish_n i_o accept_v q_o be_v not_o m._n white_n and_o the_o parish_n behold_v to_o t._n w_o answer_n m._n white_n be_v have_v raise_v his_o fortune_n and_o save_v his_o tithe_n by_o this_o acceptation_n p._n 58._o he_o say_v m._n stokes_n and_o m._n martin_n be_v both_o satisfy_v that_o the_o right_a lay_n in_o m._n white_n and_o not_o in_o the_o committee_n p._n 58._o the_o people_n with_o one_o consent_n cry_v a_o webb_n a_o webb_n until_o it_o be_v within_o this_o half_a year_n m._n stokes_n look_v upon_o i_o as_o their_o minister_n and_o have_v often_o press_v i_o to_o take_v tithe_n he_o say_v m._n stokes_n have_v sevenscore_o pound_n a_o year_n land_n in_o our_o parish_n viz._n langley_n as_o true_a as_o the_o rest_n he_o have_v but_o 30l_o per_fw-la annum_fw-la there_o during_o his_o father_n life_n p._n 59_o true_o say_v the_o parson_n that_o can_v speak_v truth_n such_o be_v the_o enmity_n of_o my_o spirit_n against_o the_o evil_a of_o uncleanness_n that_o i_o shall_v be_v never_o give_v over_o to_o commit_v much_o less_o to_o glory_n in_o it_o p._n 60._o she_o mean_v good_a wife_n lewis_n m._n stokes_n send_v his_o warrant_n to_o come_v against_o i_o p._n 61._o this_o last_o clause_n strike_v the_o nail_n on_o the_o head_n before_o the_o committee_n p._n 62._o at_o that_o time_n m._n stokes_n and_o i_o be_v a_o little_a intimate_a p._n 62._o and_o in_o this_o late_a time_n of_o danger_n engage_v myself_o p._n 62._o i_o hope_v say_v webb_n its_o because_o they_o know_v themselves_o guilty_a of_o have_v deal_v very_o unjust_o by_o i_o which_o be_v all_o that_o ever_o i_o say_v of_o they_o p._n 63._o the_o follow_a certificate_n which_o be_v from_o the_o most_o knowing_a and_o godly_a christian_n pag._n 63._o the_o justice_n most_o knowing_a christian_n be_v such_o who_o will_v swear_v and_o speak_v most_o false_o p._n 63._o their_o own_o conscience_n do_v acquit_v i_o p._n 64._o all_o the_o honest_a party_n the_o whole_a country_n throughout_o will_v clear_v i_o say_v parson_n webb_n p._n 64._o they_o have_v seek_v to_o take_v away_o my_o life_n p._n 65._o here_o you_o have_v the_o true_a relation_n of_o my_o case_n p._n 65._o the_o unjust_a say_v the_o unclean_a parson_n and_o harsh_a deal_n i_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o justice_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o great_a odium_fw-la cast_v upon_o i_o p._n 65._o true_o this_o be_v the_o plot_n even_o to_o send_v i_o to_o the_o goal_n and_o thereby_o cast_v a_o cloud_n of_o filth_n over_o i_o p._n 65._o i_o act_v among_o many_o of_o the_o country_n for_o the_o bring_n of_o he_o viz._n geo._n ivy_n esq_n to_o a_o account_n for_o his_o malignancy_n p._n 65._o he_o be_v not_o a_o fit_a man_n mean_v mr_n shute_n to_o act_v in_o any_o public_a employment_n p._n 65._o of_o m._n stokes_n he_o say_v he_o know_v that_o the_o woman_n who_o be_v my_o accuser_n have_v to_o myself_o and_o other_o charge_v he_o with_o many_o thing_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n p._n 66._o when_o danger_n be_v eminent_a he_o lay_v down_o his_o commission_n p._n 66._o when_o he_o be_v make_v justice_n for_o the_o peace_n he_o face_v about_o p._n 67._o when_o these_o worthy_a gent._n lieut._n col._n lilborn_n m._n walwin_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v