Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	archbishop_n	bishop_n	king_n	2,314	5	4.0370	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47752	Querela temporum, or, The danger of the Church of England in a letter from the Dean of ----- to ----- Prebend of.	Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722.	1694 (1694)	Wing L1142; ESTC R7679	24,869	29

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