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	great_a	king_n	3,018	5	3.5536	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48037	A Letter from a true Dutchman to his friend exhibiting the reasons why the confederates ought to refuse the peace, which is now offered to them by France.		1693 (1693)	Wing L1437; ESTC R34975	6,534	4

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