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	king_n	kingdom_n	1,417	5	5.6187	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60795	Some few observations by the Committee of Estates of Parliament upon the declaration of the general assembly of the last of July.	Scotland. Parliament.	1648 (1648)	Wing S4504; ESTC R19685	6,666	16

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