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	king_n	know_v	2,576	5	3.6938	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40604	A full answer paragraph by paragraph, to Sir John Fenwick's paper given to the sheriffs, January the 28th, 1696/7 at the place of execution on Tower-Hill by a true son of the Church of England, as establish'd by law.	True son of the Church of England.; Fenwick, John, Sir, 1645?-1697.	1697 (1697)	Wing F2339; ESTC R23318	8,463	26

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