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	death_n	great_a	1,642	5	3.2072	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26030	Satan in Samuels mantle, or, The cruelty of Germany acted in Jersey containing the arbitrary, bloody, and tyrannical proceedings of John Mason ... against several officers and souldiers in that small place : as also his earnest endeavours to ... encourage the army in England, Jersey, and Garnzey in their rebellion against the Parliament ... / presented to the Parliament and published by Thomas Ashton.	Aston, Thomas, Sir, 1600-1645.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3992B; ESTC R28307	24,898	33

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