Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	appear_v	king_n	time_n	1,388	5	3.3713	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46564	A proclamation for putting in execution the law against importation and selling of foreign buttons, and prohibiting all foreign buttons whatsoever James R.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701.	1687 (1687)	Wing J341; ESTC R15675	2,241	1

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