Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	good_a	work_n	2,753	5	6.1002	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90401	To the Parliament, the Army, and all the wel-affected in the nation, who have been faithful to the good old cause.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1659 (1659)	Wing P1215; Thomason E983_21; ESTC R203316	4,620	4

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