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	time_n	6,383	5	3.4523	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89304	A prisoners letter to the Kings most Excellent Maiesty, and the high court of Parlament.	Morgan, Edward, d. 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing M2731; Thomason E144_17; ESTC R11353	3,283	8

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