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	king_n	person_n	2,111	5	4.9241	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85904	A general, or, No general over the present army of the Common-vvealth: in twenty two queries briefly handled.		1659 (1659)	Wing G505; Thomason E999_6; ESTC R202110	1,842	8

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