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
A26671	All the letters, memorials, and considerations concerning the offered alliance of the kings of England and France to the high and mighty Lords the states of the United Neatherlands, according to the several times when they were delivered with considerations on the said alliance and also reflections on the said considerations / faithfully translated from the Dutch copies printed at Haerlem by Barent Jansen...		1680 (1680)	Wing A943; ESTC R10192	18,125	22

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