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	good_a	life_n	4,509	5	4.8259	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94429	To his Highness the Lord Protector, &c. and our general. The humble petition of several colonels of the army.	Saunders, Thomas, Colonel.; Okey, John, d. 1662.; Alured, Mathew.	1654 (1654)	Wing T1369A; Thomason 669.f.19[21]; ESTC R205535	4,759	1

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