Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	joy_n	sorrow_n	2,802	5	8.8668	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94449	To the Honourable Assembly of Commons, in this present Parliament The humble petition of divers of the Knights, gentlemen, clergy and other inhabitants of the countie of Sommerset.		1642 (1642)	Wing T1407; Thomason 669.f.4[44]; ESTC R210700	1,798	1

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