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	lord_n	4,716	5	3.8323	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00402	The copie of a letter written from Master C.S. neere Salisbury, to Master H.A. at London, concerning the proceeding at VVinchester; vvhere the late L. Cobham, L. Gray, and Sir Griffin Marckham, all attainted of hie trason, were ready to be executed on Friday the 9. of December 1603: at which time his Maiesties warrant all written with his owne hand, whereof the true copy is here annexed, was deliuered to Sir Beniamin Tichbourne high sheriffe of Hampshire, commanding him to suspend their execution till further order.	T. M.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625. True copie of his Maiesties warrant ... for stay of the execution of the late L. Cobham, L. Gray, and Sir Griffin Marckham ...	1603 (1603)	STC 17151A; ESTC S121181	5,047	19

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