Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	world_n	writing_n	year_n	30	3	4.3740	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88552	Dianea an excellent new romance. Written in Italian by Gio. Francisco Loredano a noble Venetian. In foure books. Translated into English by Sir Aston Cokaine.	Loredano, Giovanni Francesco, 1607-1661.; Cokain, Aston, Sir, 1608-1684.	1654 (1654)	Wing L3066; Thomason E1452_1; ESTC R209558	186,621	375

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