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	king_n	time_n	2,213	5	3.5907	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59093	The reverse or back-face of the English Janus to-wit, all that is met with in story concerning the common and statute-law of English Britanny, from the first memoirs of the two nations, to the decease of King Henry II. set down and tackt together succinctly by way of narrative : designed, devoted and dedicated to the most illustrious the Earl of Salisbury / written in Latin by John Selden ... ; and rendred into English by Redman Westcot, Gent.; Jani Anglorum facies altera. English	Selden, John, 1584-1654.; Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.; White, Robert, 1645-1703.	1682 (1682)	Wing S2436; ESTC R14398	136,793	167

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pledge_v i._n e._n have_v a_o free_a tenure_n let_v his_o heir_n remain_v in_o such_o seisin_n as_o their_o father_n have_v on_o the_o day_n he_o be_v alive_a and_o die_v of_o his_o fee_n and_o let_v they_o have_v his_o chattel_n out_o of_o which_o they_o may_v make_v also_o the_o devise_n or_o partition_n of_o the_o decease_a that_o be_v the_o share_n of_o his_o good_n according_a to_o his_o will_n and_o afterward_o may_v require_v of_o their_o lord_n and_o do_v for_o their_o relief_n and_o other_o thing_n which_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v as_o touch_v their_o fee_n i._n e._n in_o order_n to_o their_o enter_v upon_o the_o estate_n 71._o if_o the_o heir_n be_v under_o age_n let_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o fee_n take_v his_o homage_n and_o have_v he_o in_o custody_n or_o keep_n for_o as_o long_a time_n as_o he_o ought_v let_v the_o other_o lord_n if_o there_o be_v more_o of_o they_o take_v his_o homage_n and_o let_v he_o do_v to_o they_o that_o which_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v 72._o let_v 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