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	sin_n	7,620	5	5.8816	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15623	Abuses stript, and whipt. Or Satirical essayes. By George Wyther. Diuided into two bookes	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1613 (1613)	STC 25892; ESTC S120210	147,978	333

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