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	judge_n	law_n	2,710	5	5.1476	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02915	A shorte declaration of the mistery of iniquity	Helwys, Thomas, 1550?-1616?	1612 (1612)	STC 13056; ESTC S4697	142,624	224

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