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
A87131	A discourse shewing, that the spirit of parliaments, with a council in the intervals, is not to be trusted for a settlement: lest it introduce monarchy, and persecution for conscience. By James Harrington.	Harrington, James, 1611-1677.	1659 (1659)	Wing H812; Thomason E993_9; ESTC R202589	5,458	12

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