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	speak_v	word_n	3,147	5	4.0147	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67769	The seduced soul reduced and rescued from the subtilty and slavery of Satan ... by R. Junius ...	Younge, Richard.	1660 (1660)	Wing Y181; ESTC R34120	11,402	12

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