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
A34821	The foure ages of England, or, The iron age with other select poems / written by Mr. A. Cowley.	Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.	1648 (1648)	Wing C6671; ESTC R18757	34,076	77

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