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	motion_n	natural_a	2,016	5	6.5181	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43992	A Collection of modern relations of matter of fact concerning witches & witchcraft upon the persons of people to which is prefixed a meditation concerning the mercy of God in preserving us from the malice and power of evil angels, written by the late Lord Chief Justice Hale, upon occasion of a tryal of several witches before him.	Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.	1693 (1693)	Wing H224; ESTC R23402	48,262	74

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