Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	authority_n	church_n	pope_n	2,238	5	6.4146	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08477	Barneuels apology: or Holland mysterie· With marginall castigations.; Mysteria Hollandica. English	Oldenbarnevelt, Johan van, 1547-1619.; Holderus, Petrus.	1618 (1618)	STC 18800; ESTC S121064	70,746	62

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