Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	speak_v	true_a	word_n	8,834	5	4.4618	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61330	A smart scourge for a silly, sawcy fool being an answer to a letter, at the end of a pamphlet of Lionell Lockyer ... / by G. S., M.D. and philospher by the fire.	Starkey, George, 1627-1665.	1665 (1665)	Wing S5289; ESTC R770	6,503	10

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