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	king_n	parliament_n	2,759	5	6.7580	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90100	The Observator defended in a modest reply to the late Animadversions upon those notes the Observator published upon the seven doctrines and positions which the King by way of recapitulation layes open so offensive.; Animadversions animadverted.	Parker, Henry, 1604-1652.	1642 (1642)	Wing O123E; Thomason E114_19; ESTC R212780	10,555	12

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