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
A39340	The Bishops downefall, or, The prelats snare briefly discovering them to have been the sole authours of all our miseries both in church and state, the fomenters of all the ielousies betwixt the King and his sujects [sic] : and the supposed evill counsellours who have brought this heavy accusation upon those worthy members of the House of Commons : a poeme, humbly dedicated to this honourable city, which by sad experience have found the same to be true : whereunto is added a hearty exhortation to all good Christians to joyne in prayer, that God would be pleased to heale all the breaches, these enemies of our church have made and to restore a happy union betwixt the King and his people / by E. E. gentleman.	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1642 (1642)	Wing E664; ESTC R2866	2,192	8

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