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	person_n	power_n	2,378	5	4.6585	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54068	Three queries propounded to the King and Parliament, in the fear of the Most High, and in the tender love of my soul to them	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1662 (1662)	Wing P1208; ESTC R220473	7,425	11

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