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
A45900	The Popes threatning letter to the French King, or, The present grand controversie between Pope Innocent the XIth and the most christian King Lewis the XIVth about the regalia, &c.; Charissimo in Christo filio nostro Ludovico Francorum Regi Christianissimo. English & Latin	Catholic Church. Pope (1676-1689 : Innocent XI).; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.; Innocent XI, Pope, 1611-1689.	1681 (1681)	Wing I204; ESTC R21181	7,738	14

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