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	law_n	parliament_n	2,185	5	6.6353	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69048	The speach of the Kirk of Scotland to her beloved children	Calderwood, David, 1575-1650.	1620 (1620)	STC 4365; ESTC S107176	43,447	131

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