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	law_n	work_n	2,920	5	6.2264	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58515	Ferguson's remonstrance to the council of six upon the first discovery of the late horrid conspriacy a satyr.	Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714.; W. R.	1684 (1684)	Wing R96; ESTC R13386	4,663	14

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