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	disease_n	nature_n	2,926	5	5.6433	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78095	A discourse of consumptions: with their cure by a new method, By T. Byfield, M.D.	Byfield, T. (Timothy)	1685 (1685)	Wing B6396A; ESTC R230922	10,599	28

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