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	know_v	let_v	2,834	5	4.0034	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45009	The humble petition of Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to the councel of officers at Walingford House	Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712.; England and Wales. Army. Council.	1659 (1659)	Wing H3480; ESTC R1936	2,416	1

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