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	love_n	love_v	4,903	5	6.7044	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09008	The preceptes teachyng a prynce or a noble estate his duetie, written by Agapetus in Greke to the emperour Iustinian, and after translated into Latin, and nowe in to Englysshe by Thomas Paynell; Adhortationes de benè administrando imperio. English	Agapētos.; Paynell, Thomas.	1529 (1529)	STC 193; ESTC S104362	10,166	44

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follow_v honesty_n orel_n to_o diminish_v his_o fault_n and_o vice_n xxix_o sith_o it_o be_v so_o that_o god_n have_v give_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o all_o the_o world_n look_v thou_o use_v no_o ill_a officer_n for_o he_o that_o promote_v they_o shall_v answer_v for_o their_o offence_n therefore_o great_a office_n must_v be_v deligent_o give_v &_o well_o &_o wise_o bestow_v 30._o i_o esteem_v these_o two_o thing_n to_o be_v like_o ill_a to_o be_v chafe_v with_o the_o lewd_a del_v of_o our_o enemy_n or_o to_o be_v mollify_v with_o the_o pleasant_a sweet_a wordis_fw-la of_o our_o friend_n for_o we_o ought_v to_o resist_v &_o with_o stand_v they_o both_o that_o be_v never_o to_o decline_v from_o comeliness_n neither_o in_o revenge_a the_o unresonable_a ill_a will_n of_o our_o foo_v nor_o in_o reward_v the_o feign_a benivolence_n of_o our_o friend_n and_o lover_n 31._o esteem_v not_o those_o thy_o feythful_a friend_n that_o will_v preyse_v all_o thing_n that_o thou_o speake_v but_o those_o 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