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
A44072	The necessity dignity and duty of Gospel ministers discoursed of before the University of Cambridge.	Hodges, Thomas, d. 1688.	1685 (1685)	Wing H2321; ESTC R13341	17,011	31

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