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	think_v	3,328	5	3.8263	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13436	The complaint of Christmas, and the teares of Twelfetyde by Iohn Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1631 (1631)	STC 23745.5; ESTC S1017	21,673	51

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