Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	death_n	sin_n	3,567	5	5.2223	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14444	Hier begynneth the booke callyd the Myrrour of the worlde ...; Image du monde. English.	Gossuin, of Metz, attributed name.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Vincent, of Beauvais, d. 1264, attributed name.	1490 (1490)	STC 24763; ESTC S109670	102,455	172

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