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	lord_n	time_n	1,564	5	3.2852	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49563	The History of the late proceedings of the students of the colledge at Edenborough vvhich hath occasioned the Kings proclamation for banishing them fifteen miles from the said city : in three several letters to a worthy citizen of London.	L. L.	1681 (1681)	Wing L41; ESTC R8891	3,661	10

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