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
A91784	The great and grievous oppression of the subject; exhibited in a remonstrance to the Parliament: wherein-is more particularly set forth, the unjust dealings of the two corporations of Hull and Headon in the county of York. By Robert Raikes Gent.	Raikes, Robert, of Headon.	1659 (1659)	Wing R138; Thomason E989_14; ESTC R208201	9,571	11

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