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	natural_a	nature_n	2,983	5	5.5283	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64198	The opinion of witchcraft vindicated in an answer to a book intituled The question of witchcraft debated : being a letter to a friend / by R.T.	R. T.	1670 (1670)	Wing T50; ESTC R37869	23,825	66

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