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	know_v	see_v	1,897	5	2.9182	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66820	The high court of justice. Or Cromwells new slaughter-house in England With the authoritie that constituted and ordained it, arraigned, convicted, and condemned; for usurpation, treason, tyrannie, theft, and murder. Being the III. part of the Historie of independencie: written by the same author.; High court of justice	Walker, Clement, 1595-1651.; Andrews, Eusebius, d. 1650.	1651 (1651)	Wing W324D; ESTC R203985	41,776	78

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witness_n it_o shall_v be_v try_v by_o combat_n before_o the_o earl_n martial_a cook_n ibidem_fw-la 10._o dec._n 1650._o a_o new_a act_n pass_v for_o establish_v a_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n in_o norfolk_n suffolk_n huntington_n cambridge_n lincoln_n and_o the_o isle_n of_o elie_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o by_o degree_n this_o gangrene_n shall_v enlarge_v itself_o all_o the_o kingdom_n over_o *_o they_o forget_v the_o 2._o declaration_n 9_o febr._n 17._o march_n 1648._o