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
A91130	The protestation taken by the commissioners of Cornwall and Devon, at Stone-house neare Plymouth, on the 5. of March. 1642. With their propositions, replies and answers.		1642 (1642)	Wing P3872; Thomason E94_21; ESTC R9019	5,259	16

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