Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	church_n	great_a	2,904	5	3.2705	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38114	Returne from the Parliament of England, to the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland	England and Wales. Parliament.; Church of Scotland. General Assembly.	1642 (1642)	Wing E2280; ESTC R16511	4,700	16

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