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
A67870	A briefe discourse, concerning the power of the Peeres, and Commons of Parliament, in point of judicature written by a learned antiquerie, at the request of a peere, of this realme.	Selden, John, 1584-1654.	1640 (1640)	STC 22166; ESTC R212268	3,659	10

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