Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	evil_a	good_a	reason_n	2,746	5	5.3703	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00012	Ioseph, or, Pharoah's fauourite; Joseph.	Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?	1623 (1623)	STC 1001; ESTC S118664	49,149	99

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