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	way_n	2,901	5	4.3688	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91216	Loyalty banished: or England in mourning· Being a perfect narrative of the present affairs and proceedings, between divers Members of Parliament, and M. Wil. Prynne ... With the several speeches made in the House, by Sir Arthur Haslerigge, Sir Henry Vane, Master Hungerford, and Mr. Ansley; and the answer and reply of the said Mr. Prynne thereunto ... together with his proposals to the people; and the names of the secluded Members cast into hell, by the power of the sword; and what proceeded thereupon. As also Mr. Prynnes demands to the Parliament, in the name of all the commons of England.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4007; Thomason E986_20; ESTC R203254	7,351	8

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