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	see_v	4,001	5	3.3205	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68628	A confutation of the tenne great plagues, prognosticated by Iohn Doleta from the country of Calabria, to happen in the yeare of our Lorde, 1587	T. R.	1587 (1587)	STC 20589.5; ESTC S110572	6,966	18

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