Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	ambassador_n	king_n	send_v	1,989	5	5.9831	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26566	The vanity of arts and sciences by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Knight ...	Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.	1676 (1676)	Wing A790; ESTC R10955	221,809	392

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