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	war_n	4,472	5	6.2395	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87744	A discourse of a true English-man, free from selfe-interest, concerning the interest England hath in the Siege of Graveling.	Kilvert, Richard, d. 1649.	1644 (1644)	Wing K477; Thomason E52_21; ESTC R20591	3,396	8

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