Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bad_a	good_a	reason_n	1,431	5	5.5448	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06742	The maydes metamorphosis As it hath bene sundrie times acted by the Children of Powles.		1600 (1600)	STC 17188; ESTC S111865	29,691	60

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