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	part_n	see_v	1,999	5	3.5664	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67154	Certain errors in navigation detected and corrected by Edw. Wright ; with many additions that were not in the former editions.	Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.	1657 (1657)	Wing W3689; ESTC R16243	281,730	362

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