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	great_a	lord_n	4,485	5	3.7317	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20416	hEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij. Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh. by the noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales ...; Dictes and sayings of the philosophers.	Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1480 (1480)	STC 6828; ESTC S106576	95,995	158

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heed_n how_o thou_o yeve_v thy_o yefte_n for_o some_o simple_a folk_n yeve_v to_o the_o unnedy_n &_o refuse_v hit_v to_o thoo_n that_o have_v need_n and_o say_v if_o thou_o will_v win_v a_o friend_n speak_v good_a of_o he_o for_o good_a 〈◊〉_d engender_v love_n &_o evil_a speech_n engender_v hatred_n and_o say_v a_o king_n ought_v to_o put_v from_o he_o all_o evil_a dispose_v ●…sones_n for_o the_o harm_n that_o they_o of_o his_o company_n do_v be_v repute_v his_o deed_n and_o say_v he_o that_o err_v &_o know_v hit_v &_o after_o 〈◊〉_d he_o thereof_o have_v deseruid_a pardon_n and_o say_v he_o that_o ●…dleth_v to_o correct_v every_o man_n cause_v the_o moost_n part_n to_o hate_v he_o and_o say_v to_o a_o man_n that_o have_v reprove_v his_o lineage_n if_o i_o be_v the_o worse_a for_o my_o lineage_n as_o thou_o say_v thy_o lineage_n be_v the_o worse_a for_o the_o ¶_o and_o say_v he_o that_o seek_v the_o delices_fw-la of_o this_o world_n be_v like_a unto_o he_o that_o seek_v to_o drink_v 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