Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	father_n	son_n	1,486	5	5.2815	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10473	The life and death of Gamaliell Ratsey a famous theefe of England, executed at Bedford the 26. of March last past, 1605.	Ratsey, Gamaliel, d. 1605. Repentance.	1605 (1605)	STC 20753; ESTC S102571	24,142	47

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