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	parliament_n	1,836	5	6.6012	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80462	The copie of a letter from the Commissioners with the King; concerning the manner of the souldiers fetching his Majestie to the army. And a copie of a paper delivered by the said souldiers, declaring their reasons why they did it.		1647 (1647)	Wing C6123; Thomason E391_10; ESTC R201554	1,757	8

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