Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	peace_n	spirit_n	unity_n	1,812	5	8.9331	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35088	A declaration of His Highnes the Lord Protector and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland for a day of solemn fasting and humiliation in the three nations	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.	1656 (1656)	Wing C7070; ESTC R25360	2,775	7

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