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	power_n	supreme_a	1,645	5	8.3158	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13057	For the colony in Virginea Britannia. Lavves diuine, morall and martiall, &c.	Virginia.; Strachey, William, 1572?-1621.	1612 (1612)	STC 23350; ESTC S111283	56,375	108

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