Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	chamber_n	king_n	parliament_n	1,570	5	7.5581	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59283	A treatise of mutilation and demembration divided into two parts : in the first whereof, the name and nature of these crimes ... : in the second part, the punishments of these crimes ... : and in both parts the civil law, and the law and customes of this and other nations are compared / by Sir Alexander Seaton ... ; by way of appendix to the fore-going book, written by ... George Mackenzie ...	Seton, Alexander, Sir, 1639?-1719.	1699 (1699)	Wing S2649; ESTC R6252	93,137	78

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