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	see_v	2,173	5	3.3316	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08974	The nightingale vvarbling forth her owne disaster; or The rape of Philomela. Newly written in English verse, by Martin Parker	M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses. Book 6.	1632 (1632)	STC 19260; ESTC S110227	11,524	44

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