Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	appeal_v	bishop_n	rome_n	1,804	5	7.3555	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34032	A modest and true account of the chief points in controversie between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants together with some considerations upon the sermons of a divine of the Church of England / by N.C.	Nary, Cornelius, 1660-1738.; Colson, Nicholas.	1696 (1696)	Wing C5422; ESTC R35598	162,211	316

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