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	life_n	time_n	2,917	5	3.5617	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59961	An elegie, upon the death, of that famous and faithfull minister and martyr, Mr. James Renwick Composed immediately after his execution at Edinburgh, 17. Feb. 1688.	Shields, Alexander, 1660?-1700.	1688 (1688)	Wing S3430; ESTC R221172	6,409	13

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