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
B09683	The most admirable historie of that most renowned Christian worthy Arthvr, King of the Britaines	Parker, Martin, fl. 1674.	1660 (1660)	Wing P441E; ESTC R181453	18,141	31

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