Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	power_n	speak_v	word_n	3,466	5	4.2216	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04836	A sermon of deliuerance Preached at the Spittle on Easter Monday, 1626. Vpon entreatie of the Lord Maior and aldermen. Published by authoritie. And dedicated to the Citie of London. By Henry King D.D. one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinarie.	King, Henry, 1592-1669.	1626 (1626)	STC 14968; ESTC S108023	30,413	86

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