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
A88976	XXX. Christian and politick reasons wherefore England and the Low-Countries may not have warres with each other. By Henry May, of Amsterdam.	May, Henry, fl. 1652.	1652 (1652)	Wing M1389; Thomason E667_14; ESTC R206946	2,978	8

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