Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	father_n	son_n	3,252	5	5.6495	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15986	Certayne chapters of the prouerbes of Salomon drawen into metre by Thomas sterneholde, late grome of the kynges Magesties robes	Hall, John, b. 1529 or 30.; Sternhold, Thomas, 1529?-1566?, attributed name.; Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547.; Case, John, d. 1600.	1550 (1550)	STC 2760; ESTC S119621	28,362	112

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to_o my_o poor_a friend_n but_o also_o unto_o i_o be_v one_o among_o all_o other_o leave_v able_a to_o acquit_v any_o part_n of_o your_o goodness_n my_o power_n and_o hability_n be_v smalle_o my_o herte_n and_o mind_n be_v ready_o in_o token_n whereof_o i_o have_v dedicate_v this_o little_a book_n unto_o your_o maistershyppe_n name_n desire_v you_o accord_v to_o your_o accustom_a gentleness_n to_o take_v the_o same_o in_o good_a part_n and_o also_o for_o a_o testimony_n that_o if_o i_o be_v able_a by_o any_o other_o mean_v to_o gratifye_v your_o maistershyppe_n that_o i_o will_v be_v as_o ready_a as_o any_o man_n lyve_n the_o copy_n of_o this_o book_n be_v deliver_v i_o by_o a_o friend_n of_o my_o be_v sometime_o servant_n unto_o master_n thomas_n sterneholde_v whereby_o it_o be_v to_o be_v conjecture_v that_o the_o same_o be_v put_v in_o metre_n by_o he_o yet_o not_o so_o parfect_o peruse_v by_o reason_n of_o sudden_a death_n as_o perchance_o he_o will_v have_v do_v if_o he_o have_v 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