Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	action_n	good_a	will_n	1,601	5	6.4879	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89899	Mutiny maintained: or, Sedition made good from its [brace] unity, knowledge, wit, government. Being a discourse, directed to the Armies information.	N. N.	1660 (1660)	Wing N46; Thomason E774_5; ESTC R207290	12,536	16

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