Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

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cause_n	death_n	great_a	king_n	2,913	5	3.6168	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14573	A catalog of the bishops of Excester with the description of the antiquitie and first foundation of the Cathedrall church of the same. Collected by Iohn Vowell alias Hoker, gentleman.	Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.	1584 (1584)	STC 24885; ESTC S102101	32,358	40

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