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	lord_n	2,583	5	3.5431	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87311	A declaration by the Major General and Council of Officers in Ireland, concerning their late actings there, and for the tryal of such officers and souldiers as finde themselves agrieved for being laid aside.	England and Wales. Army.; Waller, Hardress, Sir, 1604?-1666?	1660 (1660)	Wing I370; Thomason 669.f.23[17]; ESTC R211515	2,495	1

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