Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	complain_v	fellow_n	great_a	13	3	2.1104	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52646	A narrative of the proceedings at the sessions-house in the Old-Bailey, April 21, 1680. The number of persons condemned for high-treason and other crimes.	England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London)	1680 (1680)	Wing N213; ESTC R214295	3,770	4

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