Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	effect_n	good_a	reason_n	2,537	5	5.2979	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49991	A discourse upon Sr Walter Rawleigh's great cordial by N. le Febure ... ; rendred into English by Peter Belon ...; Discours sur le grand cordial de Sr Walter Rawleigh. English	Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. Confectio Raleghana.; Belon, P. (Peter)	1664 (1664)	Wing L928; ESTC R8971	35,851	126

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