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	reason_n	1,648	5	4.3830	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61431	Letters and papers concerning some matters in the last Parliament relating to the commou [sic] rights of all the Commnns [sic] of England, fit to be considered in the next, and by all the said Commons in the mean time.	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.	1704 (1704)	Wing S5428C; ESTC T63879	15,509	21

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court_n june_n 19_o 1704._o your_o faithful_a friend_n fellow-commoner_n and_o ready_a servant_n in_o all_o thing_n of_o truth_n and_o righteousness_n edward_n stephens_n