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	let_v	see_v	1,452	5	2.8237	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19752	An exhortation to England, to ioine for defense of true religion and their natiue countrie Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.	R. D., fl. 1568.	1568 (1568)	STC 6179; ESTC S105151	2,889	14

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