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	zeal_n	zealous_a	53	3	8.7998	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56872	The Queen, or, The excellency of her sex an excellent old play / found out by a person of honour, and given to the publisher, Alexander Goughe.	Goughe, Alexander.; Ford, John, 1586-ca. 1640.	1653 (1653)	Wing Q155; ESTC R9224	44,652	48

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