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	prince_n	3,431	5	5.4980	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32139	Caledonia, or, The pedlar turn'd merchant a tragi-comedy, as it was acted by His Majesty's subjects of Scotland, in the King of Spain's province of Darien.		1700 (1700)	Wing C282; ESTC R12747	9,021	34

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