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
A95583	A short relation of a long iourney, made round or ovall by encompassing the principalitie of Wales, from London, through and by the counties of Middlesex and Buckingham, Berks, Oxonia, Warwick, Stafford, Chester, Flint, Denbigh, Anglesey, Carnarvan, Merioneth, Cardigan, Pembrooke, Caermarden, Glamorgan, Monmouth, Glocester, &c. This painfull circuit began on Tuesday the 13 of July last, 1652. and was ended (or both ends brought together) on Tuesday the 7. of September following, being near 600. miles. Whereunto is annexed an epitome of the famous history of Wales. / Performed by the riding, going, crawling, running, and writing of John Taylor, dwelling at the sign of the Poets Head, in Phenix Alley, near the midle of Long Aker or Covent Garden.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1653 (1653)	Wing T512; Thomason E1432_2; ESTC R209533	21,036	48

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of_o our_o lord_n 974._o the_o 10._o king_n or_o prince_n of_o north-wales_n or_o almost_o all_o wales_n be_v howell_n ap_fw-mi jevaf_fw-mi or_o the_o son_n of_o jevaf_n anno_fw-la 975._o there_o be_v great_a war_n and_o much_o bloodshed_n betwixt_o south_n and_o north-wales_n but_o howell_n take_v his_o uncle_n james_n which_o have_v imprison_v his_o father_n jevaf_n and_o then_o possess_v all_o wales_n in_o peace_n for_o a_o short_a while_n for_o the_o dane_n break_v in_o and_o spoil_v many_o town_n and_o place_n in_o north-wales_n and_o do_v much_o mischief_n to_o the_o cathedral_n of_o s._n david_n and_o in_o 982._o a_o great_a army_n from_o england_n waste_v and_o spoil_v brecknock_n and_o a_o great_a part_n of_o south-wales_n but_o prince_n howell_n make_v war_n against_o they_o slay_v many_o and_o make_v the_o rest_n flee_v the_o second_o year_n