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	justice_n	law_n	1,418	5	4.5140	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01850	The Leuites reuenge containing poeticall meditations vpon the 19. and 20. chapters of Iudges. By R. Gomersall.	Gomersall, Robert, 1602-1646?; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1628 (1628)	STC 11992; ESTC S103307	48,499	98

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