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	judge_n	law_n	2,498	5	5.0932	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13000	Two sermons of direction for iudges and magistrates. By Mathew Stoneham, minister and preacher in the citie of Norwich	Stoneham, Mathew.	1608 (1608)	STC 23290; ESTC S103465	30,644	96

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