Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aforesaid_a	lord_n	say_a	1,656	5	6.8525	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28891	The information of Hubert Bourk, Gent., touching the popish plot in Ireland, carried on by the conspiracies of the Earl of Tyrone ... delivered first by this informant before the Lord Lieutenant and council in Ireland in March, 1678, and to His Majesty and both Houses of Parliament in November, 1680.	Bourk, Hubert.	1680 (1680)	Wing B3843; ESTC R19524	16,729	34

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