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	reason_n	1,505	5	4.9161	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85914	A copy of a letter from an officer of the Army in Ireland, to his Highness the Lord Protector, concerning his changing of the government.	Goodgroom, Richard.	1656 (1656)	Wing G53A; Thomason E881_3; ESTC R202908	17,611	23

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