Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	act_n	king_n	parliament_n	3,554	5	6.8839	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02831	The confutation of the abbote of Crosraguels masse, set furth by Maister George Hay ...	Hay, George, d. 1588.	1563 (1563)	STC 12968; ESTC S112574	167,121	196

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