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	king_n	law_n	3,001	5	4.8555	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46261	The muses melody in a consort of poetrie with diverse occasionall and compendious epistles / composed by the author Tho. Jordan.	Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?	1680 (1680)	Wing J1048; ESTC R29883	17,569	50

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