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	let_v	3,168	5	4.0636	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04488	A proper dyaloge, betwene a gentillman and a husbandma[n] eche complaynynge to other their miserable calamite, through the ambicion of the clergye. An A.B.C. to the spiritualte.	Barlow, William, fl. 1527.; Ullerston, Richard, d. 1423. Compendious olde treatyse, shewynge howe that we oughte to have ye scripture in Englysshe.; Purvey, John, 1353?-1428?, attributed name.; Barlow, Jerome, fl. 1527.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531.	1530 (1530)	STC 1462.5; ESTC S109533	31,374	66

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will_v make_v worth_a xij_o penny_n ¶_o gentillman_n tush_o that_o be_v a_o cast_n of_o their_o common_a gyse_n soche_n infamy_n of_o prince_n to_o devy●…e_v to_o cloak_v their_o oune_n tyrannous_a violence_n for_o have_v not_o king_n john_n go_v about_o from_o their_o temporaltee_n to_o put_v theym_a ow●…_n be_v have_v be_v long_o after_o a_o lyve_n man_n but_o murder_n they_o never_o so_o shameful_o they_o can_v geve_v it_o a_o cloak_n full_a crafty_o sayenge_a nobis_fw-la non_fw-fr licer_n occidere_fw-la quenq●…_n ▪_o when_o they_o brennyd_v the_o new_a testament_n they_o pretendyd_v a_o zele_n very_o fervent_a to_o maintain_v only_a god_n honour_n which_o they_o say_v with_o protestacyon_n be_v obscure_v by_o translacyon_n in_o englysshe_n cause_v moche_n error_n but_o the_o truth_n plain_o to_o be_v say_v this_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o they_o be_v a_o fray_v lest_o lie_v man_n shall_v know_v their_o iniquite_n which_o through_o god_n word_n be_v so_o utter_v that_o it_o be_v 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