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
A61929	The Substance of a letter sent to the magistrates of Colchester, or, A hue and cry sent after a ridiculous and scandalous paper put forth by a cheating, wicked, and deceitful woman that subscribes her self Sarah Hayward and is there in prison, being apprehended, examined and committed the 22 of the 2d month, 1666, being then found in divers lies and contradictions upon her examination / given forth for the clearing of the innocency of the people called Quakers.	Furly, John, 1618-1686.	1666 (1666)	Wing S6108; ESTC R27506	4,337	9

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