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	king_n	lord_n	2,609	5	3.7653	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70850	The famous history of Valentine and Orson being the two only sons of the Emperour of Greece : deciphering their wonderful births, their valiant atchievements, their heroical minds, and their noble enterprises : drawn up in a short volume ... / written by Laurence Price.; Valentin et Orson (French romance). English.	L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680?	1673 (1673)	Wing P3361; ESTC R2011	6,392	24

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