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	law_n	1,457	5	4.4596	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68683	The honest lavvyer Acted by the Queenes Maiesties Seruants. Written by S.S.	S. S., fl. 1616.; Sheppard, S. (Samuel), attributed name.	1616 (1616)	STC 21519; ESTC S116335	44,969	77

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