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	lord_n	time_n	4,153	5	3.6597	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88163	A Conference with the souldiers. Or, a parley with the party of horse, which with drawn drawn [sic] sword, entered the sessions at Mr. John Lilburn's trial.		1653 (1653)	Wing L2089A; Thomason E705_25; ESTC R207116	3,360	4

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