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	word_n	write_v	3,615	5	5.5205	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13573	The true historie of the late and lamentable aduentures of Don Sebastian king of Portugall after his imprisonment in Naples, vntill this present day, being now in Spaine at Saint Lucar de Barrameda.; Histoire veritable des dernieres et piteuses adventures de Don Sebastian. English	Teixeira, José, 1543-1604.	1602 (1602)	STC 23865; ESTC S101268	13,109	28

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