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	people_n	5,231	5	4.6713	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05051	The description of a voyage made by certaine ships of Holland into the East Indies VVith their aduentures and successe: together with the description of the countries, townes, and inhabitantes of the same: who set forth on the second of Aprill 1595. and returned on the 14. of August. 1597. Translated out of Dutch into English by W.P.; Verhael vande reyse by de Hollandtsche schepen gedaen naer Oost Indien. English.	Phillip, William.; Houtman, Cornelis de, d. 1599, attributed name.; Langenes, Barent.	1598 (1598)	STC 15193; ESTC S109348	41,570	78

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