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	speak_v	word_n	9,216	5	4.2886	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80905	A declaration of His Highness the Lord Protector, inviting the people of England and Wales, to a day of solemn fasting and humiliation.	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); England and Wales. Council of State.	1654 (1654)	Wing C7077; Thomason 669.f.17[79]; ESTC R211900	3,495	1

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