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	true_a	2,848	5	3.8360	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31190	A trve report of the late good svccesse in Ireland from thence received in London, May 2, 1642.	R. C.	1642 (1642)	Wing C118; ESTC R19652	4,660	8

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