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	say_a	writ_n	1,469	5	10.2245	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58148	The revolution in New England justified and the people there vindicated from the aspersions cast upon them by Mr. John Palmer in his pretended answer to the declaration published by the inhabitants of Boston and the country adjacent, on the day when they secured their late oppressors, who acted by an illegal and arbitrary commission from the late King James.	Rawson, Edward, 1615-1693.; Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing R376; ESTC W479499	38,176	56

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