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	reason_n	2,948	5	4.7939	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03402	Histoire des larrons, or The history of theeves. Written in French, and translated out of the originall, by Paul Godwin; Histoire generale des larrons. English	Calvi, François de.; Godwin, Paul, fl. 1638.	1638 (1638)	STC 13523; ESTC S104108	74,053	330

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