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
A83940	England anatomized: her disease discovered, and the remedy prescribed. In a speech by a Member of the (so called) Parliament.		1659 (1659)	Wing E2927; Thomason E993_12; ESTC R207779	5,248	8

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