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	know_v	life_n	2,879	5	4.5653	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48594	The Earle of Craford his speech before the Parliament in Scotland October the 25, 1641 upon his examination by the Lords concerning the late conspiracie against the Marquise Hamilton, Earle of Argile, Lord Lowden and divers others of the nobility in Scotland.; Speech before the Parliament in Scotland, October the 25th, 1641	Crawford-Lindsay, John Lindsay, Earl of, 1596-1678.	1641 (1641)	Wing L2324; ESTC R8767	2,001	8

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