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	people_n	3,792	5	4.4298	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76004	A letter from Gen. Monck in Scotland, to the Commissioners of Parliament in Ireland, touching his present actings For the Commander in Chief of the forces in Ireland, to be communicated to the rest of the officers of the Army there.	Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.	1659 (1659)	Wing A850; Thomason 669.f.22[38]; ESTC R211409	1,668	1

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