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	just_a	law_n	2,761	5	4.7834	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87063	The Hangmans joy, or The traytors sorrow. Being a very merry dialogue, between the hang-man, and the haltermaker. Together with some verses, found in the rolls of the pretended High Court of Justice. With an epitaph on those traytors, that murthered the king. Delightful and pleasant, with witty expressions, and if rightly understood.		1660 (1660)	Wing H649; Thomason E1842_2; ESTC R209634	4,917	17

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