Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	word_n	wrest_v	write_v	91	3	5.0757	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01426	Edinburgh, at the Parliament-House, February 13. 1661.	Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of, 1629-1685	1661 (1661)	Wing A3653A; ESTC R172501	11,740	10

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