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	great_a	king_n	2,913	5	3.6168	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38865	An Exact account of the Royal Army under the command of His Grace Duke Schomberg with the particulars of a great defeat given to the Irish army near Boyle.		1689 (1689)	Wing E3582; ESTC R36208	3,153	2

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