Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	new_a	old_a	testament_n	6,607	5	8.4174	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17076	A narration, briefely contayning the history of the French massacre especially that horrible one at Paris, which happened in the yeare 1572. In the passage of which, are handled certaine questions both politike and ethike, properly fit for courtiers and states-men. The condition also of this present time is discouered, by comparing it with the state of those lamentable times. ...; Oratio perstringens brevitur historiolam Lanienæ Gallicæ. English	Bruyn, Ambrosius de.	1618 (1618)	STC 3950; ESTC S105992	22,631	46

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