Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	court_n	great_a	king_n	2,817	5	3.7634	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58718	A letter from a friend in the North to his friend in the West, concerning the electing of Parliament-men	T. S.	1689 (1689)	Wing S167A; ESTC R219803	5,658	10

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