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	people_n	word_n	4,570	5	4.0044	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50567	A true relation of the former faithful and long service with the present most unjust imprisonment of Anthony Mellidge, sometime called a captain; now in scorn called a Quaker.	Mellidge, Anthony.	1656 (1656)	Wing M1648; ESTC R217798	8,459	10

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