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	see_v	work_n	3,903	5	5.7692	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88960	A letter to His Excellency the Lord General Monk containing the instrumental causes of the ruine of governments and Common-wealths, with as advertisement of our present danger by a forrein invasion.	Maudit, John.; Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.	1660 (1660)	Wing M1329; Thomason E1016_12; ESTC R208273	4,433	7

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