Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	council_n	king_n	parliament_n	2,699	5	7.2438	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30635	Prudential reasons for repealing the penal laws against all recusants and for a general toleration penn'd by a Protestant person of quality.	Burthogge, Richard, 1638?-ca. 1700.	1687 (1687)	Wing B6155; ESTC R4360	8,141	15

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