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	know_v	see_v	1,586	5	2.9951	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68403	The ioy of Ierusalem and woe of the worldlings. A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the 18. of Iune. 1609. By William Loe Batcheler of Diuinity.	Loe, William, d. 1645.	1609 (1609)	STC 16685; ESTC S102897	35,331	132

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