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	life_n	5,110	5	5.0778	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90440	The true speeches of Collonel John Penruddock, and Hugh Grove delivered on the scaffold at Exeter Castle, May the 17th, 1655.	Penruddock, John, 1619-1655.	1655 (1655)	Wing P1431A; ESTC R42603	3,943	8

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