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	know_v	lord_n	2,641	5	3.7017	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58210	A sermon delivered at Maidston in Kent, at the assizes there held, August 23, 1641	Reading, John, 1588-1667.	1642 (1642)	Wing R451; ESTC R14322	18,070	30

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