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	know_v	lord_n	3,918	5	3.5901	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42356	A humble acknowledgment of the sins of the ministery of Scotland	Guthrie, James, 1612?-1661.	1653 (1653)	Wing G2262; ESTC R204011	9,153	19

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