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	life_n	see_v	2,826	5	3.2572	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69118	Clinton, Purser & Arnold, to their countreymen wheresoeuer Wherein is described by their own hands their vnfeigned penitence for their offences past: their patience in welcoming their death, & their duetiful minds towardes her most excellent Maiestie.	Clinton, Atkinson.; Walton, Thomas, fl. 1583. aut; Arnold, fl. 1583. aut	1583 (1583)	STC 5431; ESTC S116122	5,235	12

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