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
B08673	A caveat, for my countreymen in general, the assessors and collectors of publick taxes, in particular. Most dear countreymen, I dayly hear the groanes of some of you perishing, others despairing, all languishing; yet, methinks, I cannot afford you such pity as the sadness of your condition might seem to challenge.		1660 (1660)	Wing C1612A; ESTC R224291	2,599	1

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