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	ecclesiastical_a	king_n	2,997	5	4.1467	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65743	Mr. VVhites speech in Parliament on Munday the 17th of January concerning the triall of the XII bishops an. dom. 1641.; Speech in Parliament on Munday the 17th of January concerning the triall of the XII bishops an. Dom. 1641	White, John, 1590-1645.	1641 (1641)	Wing W1772; ESTC R9948	2,324	8

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