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	lord_n	6,936	5	3.8165	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06217	A true and faithful account of the seizing thirty seven suspected persons, and among them some known papists, who were caballing against the government in a tavern, with the manner of their apprehension.		1689 (1689)	Wing T2469; ESTC R226015	1,307	1

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