Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	civil_a	ecclesiastical_a	law_n	3,197	5	5.1875	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05036	A collection of certain letters and conferences lately passed betvvixt certaine preachers & tvvo prisoners in the Fleet	Barrow, Henry, 1550?-1593.; Greenwood, John, d. 1593.	1590 (1590)	STC 1518.5; ESTC S121987	59,993	78

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