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	jurisdiction_n	power_n	1,683	5	4.9363	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62781	To the King's most sacred Majesty and Clemency and to the great wisdom and piety of both Houses of Parliament, most humbly offered to consider, 1. Whether it be not more expedient now to enact a total suspension of all former laws, as to the sanguinary and mulctative penalties only, than any execution of them against recusants taking and subscribing the following oath? ...		1660 (1660)	Wing T1558A; ESTC R219580	3,836	1

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