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
A34728	Praxis catholica, or, The countryman's universal remedy wherein is plainly and briefly laid down the nature, matter, manner, place and cure of most diseases, incident to the body of man, not hitherto discovered, whereby any one of an ordinary capacity may apprehend the true cause of his distempers, wherein his cure consists, and the means to effect it : together with rules how to order children in that most violent disease of vomiting and looseness, &c. : useful likewise for seamen and travellers : also an account of an imcomparable powder for wounds or hurts which cure any ordinary ones at once dressing / written by Robert Couch ... ; now published with divers useful additions (for publick benefit) by Chr. Pack ...	Couch, Robert.; Packe, Christopher, fl. 1670-1711.	1680 (1680)	Wing C6510; ESTC R9840	74,356	218

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consumption_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o remove_v the_o effect_n or_o matter_n produce_v nor_o the_o cause_n produce_v but_o the_o principal_a producer_n must_v be_v rectify_v before_o health_n be_v perfect_o restore_v thus_o i_o have_v direct_v you_o in_o the_o best_a course_n you_o can_v take_v and_o be_v sure_a you_o will_v do_v nothing_o that_o will_v hurt_v but_o rather_o to_o strengthen_v and_o refresh_v nature_n obj._n but_o you_o will_v ask_v i_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v to_o remove_v the_o cause_n answ_n that_o be_v the_o principal_a verb_n indeed_o i_o know_v a_o more_o proper_a and_o safe_a medicine_n to_o effect_v it_o than_o i_o can_v direct_v you_o unto_o in_o all_o the_o dispensitory_a it_o be_v true_a there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o good_a medicine_n though_o good_a for_o little_a without_o it_o be_v the_o laudanum_n of_o paracelsus_n and_o some_o few_o chemical_a preparation_n the_o rest_n be_v hardly_o worth_a a_o man_n knowledge_n that_o physician_n that_o have_v 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