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	great_a	time_n	1,448	5	3.1883	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56432	The fruitful wonder: or, A strange relation from Kingston upon Thames Of a woman, who on Thursday and Friday, being the 5th. and 6th. days of this instant March, 1673/4. VVas delivered of four children at one birth, viz. three sons and one daughter, all born alive, lusty children, and perfect in every part; which lived 24 hours, and then dyed all much about the same time. VVith several other examples of numerous births from credible historians. VVith the physical and astrological reasons for the same. Published by J. P. student in physick.	J. P.	1674 (1674)	Wing P52A; ESTC R220453	3,059	11

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