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	know_v	time_n	1,428	5	3.2080	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97348	A narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New-England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607, to this present year 1677, but chiefly of the late troubles in the two last years, 1675 and 1676. To which is added a discourse about the warre with the Pequods in the year 1637. / By W. Hubbard ...; Narrative of the Indian wars in New-England	Hubbard, William, 1621 or 2-1704.	1677 (1677)	Wing H3211_pt2; ESTC W13814	83,110	93

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