Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	worthy_a	write_v	writing_n	26	3	8.4819	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08095	The life of the most honourable and vertuous lady the Lady Magdalen Viscountesse Montague written ... by Richard Smith. And now translated into English, by C. F[ursdon]..; Vita illustrissimae Dominae Magdalenae Montis Acuti in Anglia vicecomitissae. English	Smith, Richard, 1566-1655.; Fursdon, Cuthbert.	1627 (1627)	STC 22811; ESTC S95235	39,355	62

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