Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	england_n	king_n	lord_n	4,602	5	4.1139	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16411	A true copy of a letter sent by the Prince of Parma to the generall states of the lowe cuntries, assembled at Antwerpe With their aunswere to the same the xii. day of March. 1579. Translated out of French into Dutch, and from the Dutch into English. According to the Dutch copye, printed at Antwerpe by Christopher Plantyn, printer to the Kings maiestie.; Copie d'une lettre du prince de Parma, envoyée aux Estats Généraux des Païs Bas, assemblez en Anvers. English.	Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, 1545-1592.	1579 (1579)	STC 333; ESTC S119154	2,916	15

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