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	parliament_n	power_n	1,452	5	5.0027	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96770	Animadversions upon the Armies Remonstrance, delivered to the House of Commons, Monday, 20. November, 1648. In vindication of the Parliaments treaty with the King in the Isle of Wight.	Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.	1648 (1648)	Wing W319; Thomason E570_3; ESTC R204237	15,578	31

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