Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	day_n	see_v	1,438	5	3.1164	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06568	Prologus Here begynneth the prologue of the storye of Thebes	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?	1497 (1497)	STC 17031; ESTC S120573	68,231	168

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