Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	believe_v	good_a	great_a	1,387	5	2.5396	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34494	The Copy of a letter to a countrey collonel, or, A serious dissuasive from joyning with those officers now in rebellion against the Parliament		1659 (1659)	Wing C6160; ESTC R20876	8,928	8

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