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	power_n	3,921	5	4.7466	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25682	The declaration of the Hungarian war lately set out by the most illustrious Michael Apafi, Prince of Transilvania, against the Emperour's S. Majesty : according to the Transylvanian copy, anno 1682.; Declaratio belli Hungarici. English & Latin	Transylvania (Principality). Sovereign (1661-1690 : Apafi Mihály I); Apafi Mihály I, Prince of Transylvania, 1632-1690.	1682 (1682)	Wing A3526; ESTC R16479	15,644	33

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