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	prince_n	5,911	5	5.4840	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01144	The association of the princes of France with the protestations and declarations of their allegeance to the King. Also a discourse vpon the surrendry of the seales into the Kings hands by M. du Vaiz [sic].	Du Vair, Guillaume, 1556-1621.; Concini, Concino, maréchal d'Ancre, ca. 1575-1617.; Mayenne, Henri de Lorraine, duc de, 1578-1621.; Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, Duc de, 1555-1623.; Vendôme, César de Bourbon, duc de, 1594-1665.	1617 (1617)	STC 11258; ESTC S102558	9,681	38

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