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	law_n	power_n	2,481	5	4.8394	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57343	The Rise and fall of the XXX tyrants of Athens fitly applyed to the tyrants of our time : seen and allowed.		1643 (1643)	Wing R1534; ESTC R101	3,372	1

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