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	great_a	know_v	1,518	5	3.5656	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07722	A briefe treatise of oathes exacted by ordinaries and ecclesiasticall iudges, to answere generallie to all such articles or interrogatories, as pleaseth them to propound And of their forced and constrained oathes ex officio, wherein is proued that the same are vnlawfull.	Morice, James.	1590 (1590)	STC 18106; ESTC S112894	39,864	66

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for_o what_o shall_v be_v mean_v by_o other_o article_n but_o such_o as_o concern_v circumstance_n and_o inducemente_n to_o the_o crime_n and_o be_v not_o this_o to_o go_v like_o the_o crabb_n oblique_a and_o to_o proceed_v the_o same_o way_n although_o not_o to_o tread_v the_o direct_a step_n but_o why_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o distance_n between_o the_o suit_n or_o instance_n of_o the_o party_n and_o the_o proceed_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la i_o know_v not_o the_o reason_n allege_v therefore_o be_v this_o penaunce_n enjoin_v by_o ordinary_n be_v not_o take_v to_o be_v panae_fw-la but_o medicinae_fw-la what_o their_o law_n presume_v be_v not_o sufficient_a reason_n to_o prove_v their_o law_n reasonable_a but_o what_o they_o be_v in_o deed_n be_v to_o be_v weigh_v and_o shall_v they_o be_v medicine_n only_o where_o proceed_v be_v ex_fw-la officio_fw-la or_o tend_v they_o in_o that_o case_n alone_o to_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o delinquent_n the_o example_n of_o other_o and_o 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