Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	wonder_n	work_n	world_n	163	4	4.1506	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57329	An abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the world in five books ... : wherein the particular chapters and paragraphs are succinctly abrig'd according to his own method in the larger volume : to which is added his Premonition to princes.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. A premonition to princes.	1698 (1698)	Wing R151A; ESTC R32268	273,979	474

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apple_n be_v the_o serpent_n that_o beguile_v eva._n paradise_n be_v the_o garden_n of_o hesperide_n so_o saturn_n divide_v the_o world_n between_o three_o son_n come_v of_o noah_n and_o his_o son_n and_o nimrod_n tower_n be_v the_o attempt_n of_o giant_n against_o heaven_n the_o egyptian_n also_o worship_v seth_n as_o their_o most_o ancient_a parent_n from_o who_o they_o call_v their_o chief_a province_n setheitica_fw-la and_o in_o bithynia_n we_o ●ind_v the_o city_n cethia_n 17._o §_o 5._o of_o the_o three_o chief_a jupiters_n the_o first_o be_v son_n of_o aether_n &_o die_n the_o second_o of_o coelum_fw-la a_o arcadian_a and_o king_n of_o athens_n the_o three_o famous_a in_o the_o greek_a fable_n be_v of_o crect_n or_o candia_n as_o some_o say_v but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o jupiter_n chammon_n more_o ancient_a than_o all_o the_o grecian_a jupiters_n be_v cham_n father_n