Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	child_n	great_a	woman_n	1,867	5	6.2906	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75977	The glory of women: or, A treatise declaring the excellency and preheminence of women above men, which is proved both by scripture, law, reason, and authority, divine, and humane. Written first in Latine by Henricus Cornelius Agrippa Knight, and doctor both of law and physicke. And presented to Margaret Augusta, Queen of the Austrians and Burgundians. And now translated into English, for the vertuous and beautifull female sex of the Commonwealth of England By Edvv. Fleetvvood, Gent.; Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus. English	Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Fleetwood, Edward.	1652 (1652)	Wing A788; Thomason E655_7; ESTC R205944	27,257	39

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god_n be_v no_o respecter_n of_o person_n for_o in_o christ_n neither_o male_a nor_o female_a but_o a_o new_a creature_n be_v accept_v but_o also_o for_o the_o most_o part_n thing_n be_v permit_v to_o man_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o hardness_n of_o heart_n against_o woman_n as_o in_o time_n past_o bill_n of_o divorcement_n be_v grant_v to_o the_o jew_n which_o notwithstanding_o abridge_v not_o the_o dignity_n of_o woman_n for_o man_n be_v deficient_a and_o weak_a woman_n have_v the_o power_n of_o judgement_n to_o the_o reproach_n of_o man_n and_o the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n shall_v one_o day_n judge_v the_o man_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o therefore_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n be_v make_v son_n of_o abraham_n but_o son_n i_o say_v of_o the_o promise_n be_v subject_v to_o woman_n and_o be_v obnoxious_a to_o that_o command_n of_o god_n speak_v to_o abraham_n 21._o all_o thing_n that_o sarah_n say_v unto_o thou_o hear_v her_o voice_n and_o thus_o that_o i_o may_v now_o recollect_v myself_o 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shall_v think_v myself_o not_o reprooved_a of_o he_o but_o help_v so_o far_o as_o he_o may_v render_v this_o our_o good_a work_n better_o by_o his_o wit_n and_o learning_n but_o least_o the_o work_n shall_v arise_v to_o a_o exceed_a volume_n here_o let_v there_o be_v a_o end_n finis_fw-la luk._n 20._o matth._n 22._o mark_n 12._o arg._n 1._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o gen_n 2._o joh._n 1._o gen._n 2._o gen._n 6._o gen._n 12._o gen._n 24._o 2_o king_n 2_o 1_o chron_n 1_o hest._n 1._o 2._o judith_n 8_o din_n 13._o job_n last_o num._n 31._o deut._n 21._o gal._n 2._o de_fw-la sperm_n 14._o val._n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o arist._n l_o anima_fw-la lib._n eccl._n l._n 26._o arist._n l._n de_fw-fr animal_n eccles._n 26_o averrois_fw-fr 2._o collig_n orig._n in_fw-la primo_fw-la cont._n faust_n virg._n 3._o georg._n pin._n ●2_a pro._n 18._o eccle._n 26._o prov._n 12._o 1_o cor._n 11._o august_n gen._n 18._o 28._o gen._n 17._o gen._n 2._o gen._n 17._o gen._n 3._o bernard_n gen._n 3._o job_n mat._n 15._o john_n 18_o mat._n 20._o mat._n 14._o luk._n 22._o plat._n de_fw-fr joan._n 8._o gen._n 31_o gen_n 27._o josh._n 2._o judith_n 11_o mat._n 14._o gen._n 4._o gen._n 9_o ibid._n gen._n 10._o gen._n 3●_z exod._n 1._o gen._n 18._o gen._n 16._o and_o 19_o lycurgus_n solon_n josh._n 7._o 2_o king_n 19_o ●_z chron._n 4._o lactant._n l._n instit._n eus_fw-la de_fw-fr praep._n evangel._n aug_n de_fw-la civit_fw-la dei_fw-la exod._n 15._o 2_o chro._n 22._o 2_o chro_fw-la 34._o mat._n 27._o ct_n 28._o mat_n 15._o and_o 16._o luk._n 23._o and_o 25._o act._n 18._o 2_o mac._n 7._o judg._n 4._o 1_o king_n 10._o 2_o chron._n 9_o 2_o king_n 14._o 1_o king_n 25._o 1_o chron._n 1._o hieron_n in_o prolog._n sup_v judith_n judg._n 9_o hest._n 7._o 8_o 9_o gen._n 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o col._n 3._o ephes._n 5._o rom._n 2._o act_n 20._o gen._n 21._o