Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	common_a	court_n	king_n	2,041	5	4.2714	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08306	Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex. Wherin are also alphabeticallie sett downe, the names of the cyties, townes, parishes hamletes, howses of name &c. W.th direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe & the distance betwene place and place without compasses. Cum priuilegio. By the trauaile and vew of Iohn Norden. Anno 1593; Speculum Britanniae. Part 1	Norden, John, 1548-1625?; Keere, Pieter van den, ca. 1571-ca. 1624, engraver.	1593 (1593)	STC 18635; ESTC S113229	40,877	140

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that_o london_n be_v not_o trinobantum_n nor_o the_o people_n trinobantes_n near_o london_n and_o his_o reason_n be_v that_o if_o the_o trinobantes_n have_v be_v near_o london_n they_o will_v not_o have_v suffer_v suetonius_n to_o have_v pass_v thither_o which_o argument_n humphrey_n lloyde_n seem_v to_o confute_v in_o this_o manner_n lloyd_n humf._n lloyd_n the_o trinobantes_n say_v he_o being_n suetonius_n enemy_n will_v have_v as_o well_o prevent_v he_o in_o the_o inner_a part_n of_o the_o country_n as_o near_o london_n consider_v that_o suetonius_n come_v from_o the_o isle_n of_o anglesey_n march_v through_o the_o whole_a country_n so_o that_o in_o what_o place_n soever_o the_o trinobantes_n be_v resident_a they_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o his_o passage_n polydore_n virgile_n pollidore_n pollidore_n a_o man_n of_o no_o great_a credit_n as_o touch_v his_o history_n affirm_v from_o some_o other_o that_o trinobantum_n be_v northampton_n and_o the_o northamptonshire_n man_n trinobantes_n tranton_n northampton_n tranton_n and_o his_o reason_n be_v for_o that_o the_o country_n man_n in_o their_o language_n call_v that_o place_n tranton_n which_o have_v no_o such_o semblable_a consonance_n with_o trinobantum_n