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	good_a	know_v	1,906	5	3.4501	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39712	Erminia, or, The fair and vertuous lady a trage-comedy / written by Rich. Flecknoe.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1661 (1661)	Wing F1220; ESTC R25430	38,813	104

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