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	see_v	6,417	5	3.2494	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20095	VVorke for armorours: or, The peace is broken Open warres likely to happin this yeare 1609: Written by Thomas Dekker.	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.	1609 (1609)	STC 6536; ESTC S105259	34,752	54

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