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	justice_n	law_n	1,616	5	4.3920	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33728	A rod for the lawyers who are hereby declared to be the grand robbers & deceivers of the nation : greedily devouring yearely many millions of the peoples money : to which is added a word to the Parliament and a word to the Army / by William Cole, a lover of his countrey.	Cole, William, fl. 1659.	1659 (1659)	Wing C5039A; ESTC R29637	11,304	22

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