Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	king_n	5,512	5	3.6764	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11913	The lamentable tragedie of Oedipus the sonne of Laius Kyng of Thebes out of Seneca. By Alexander Neuyle; Oedipus. English	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Neville, Alexander, 1544-1614.	1563 (1563)	STC 22225; ESTC S110874	28,354	100

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