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	time_n	5,928	5	3.4202	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82144	A declaration of the faithful soldiers of the army: to all the honest people of the nation. Shewing their resolution to stand by the good old cause and maintain the liberties and priviledges of the subject.	England and Wales. Army.	1659 (1659)	Wing D667; Thomason E980_7; ESTC R207732	2,289	7

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