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
A40060	An humblf [sic] remonstrance from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the army under his command concerning the present state of affairs in relation to themselves and the kingdom, with their desires and present resolutions thereupon presented to the commissioners at S. Albanes, Iune 23, to be by them humbly presented to the Parliament / by the appointment of His Excel. Sir Thomas Faifax and the counsell of warre ; signed John Rushworth ...	England and Wales. Army.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing F166A; ESTC R37325	10,345	16

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