Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	answer_v	great_a	king_n	1,495	5	3.7744	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87471	Regales aphorismi or a royal chain of golden sentences, divine, morall, and politicall, as at severall times, and on several occasions they were delivered by King James. Collected by certain reverend and honourable personages attending on his Majesty.	James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; Stratton, W., editor.	1650 (1650)	Wing J143; Thomason E1408_1; ESTC R202612	37,307	219

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