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	nature_n	part_n	3,516	5	4.5867	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85852	A discourse of auxiliary beauty. Or artificiall hansomenesse. In point of conscience between two ladies.	Gauden, John, 1605-1662.; Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667,; Walker, Obadiah, 1616-1699,	1656 (1656)	Wing G355; Thomason E1594_1; ESTC R202122	94,239	212

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