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	king_n	law_n	4,029	5	4.5431	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77256	The Oxonian antippodes, or, The Oxford anty-Parliament. First, setting forth who it is that calls that Parliament. Secondly, who they are that sit in that Parliament. Thirdly, what Parliament it is, when the members of it are in one body. Fourthly, to what end this Parliament is called. Fifthly, what they are for their religion, their lives and conversations, that beare armes in defence of that Parliament. Sixthly, that the Parliament now sitting at Westminster is the absolute lawfull Parliament. Seventhly, that whatsoever is done against this lawfull Parliament, is against God, the Protestant religion, the lawes of the land, and the liberty of the subjects. By I.B. Gent.	J. B. (John Brandon)	1644 (1644)	Wing B4248; Thomason E31_8; ESTC R6818	11,624	39

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