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
A62165	A vindication of Colonell Sandys his honour and loyalty from a declaration pretended to be set forth by him at Worcester October 11, 1642 : vvhich is here also republished with it.	Sandys, Edwin, 1611 or 12-1642.; Sandys, Edwin, 1611 or 12-1642. Declaration of Col. Edwyn Sandys in vindication of himself.	1642 (1642)	Wing S671; ESTC R19920	5,620	16

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