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	power_n	1,570	5	4.9458	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04938	A poem on the test dedicated to His Royal Highnes the Duke of Albanie.	Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.	1683 (1683)	Wing P701A; ESTC R181526	32,197	41

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