Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	blood_n	body_n	spirit_n	1,496	5	4.9543	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30828	Time's out of tune, plaid upon however in XX satyres / by Thomas Bancroft.	Bancroft, Thomas, fl. 1633-1658.	1658 (1658)	Wing B643; ESTC R3217	79,397	157

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