Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	church_n	great_a	king_n	2,733	5	3.5643	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19016	The Countesse of Lincolnes nurserie	Lincoln, Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of.; Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.	1622 (1622)	STC 5432; ESTC S116629	10,084	30

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