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	love_n	truth_n	1,575	5	6.0356	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75720	The way to bliss. In three books. Made publick, by Elias Ashmole Esq.	Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692.	1658 (1658)	Wing A3988; Thomason E940_3; ESTC R207555	167,749	227

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