Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	death_n	die_v	good_a	2,567	5	3.9002	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02532	Contemplations vpon the historicall part of the Old Testament. The eighth and last volume. In two bookes. By I.H. deane of Worcester; Contemplations upon the principall passages of the Holy Storie. Vol. 8	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1626 (1626)	STC 12659; ESTC S103673	131,130	578

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