Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lord_n	name_n	word_n	3,643	5	3.9784	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78273	The case of the Vniversity of Oxford: or, The sad dilemma that all the members thereof are put to, either to be perjur'd, or destroy'd. In a letter sent from thence to Mr Selden, Burgesse of the University.		1648 (1648)	Wing C1173; Thomason E443_19; Thomason E673_21; ESTC R204731	5,571	8

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