Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	case_n	court_n	party_n	1,537	5	7.2644	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31499	Certaine observations upon the tryall of Leiut. Col. John Lilburne	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1649 (1649)	Wing C1715; ESTC R12622	13,558	20

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