Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	good_a	great_a	2,831	5	2.5730	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26631	An historical relation of the first discovery of the isle of Madera [sic] written originally in Portugueze by Don Francisco Alcafarado, who was one of the first discoverers, thence translated into French, and now made English.; Qual foy o azo com que se descobrio a ilha da Madeyra. English	Alcoforado, Francisco.; Mello, Francisco Manuel de, 1608-1666.	1675 (1675)	Wing A888; ESTC R7591	20,386	39

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