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
A69212	A pleasant ditty, of a maydens vow, that faine would marry, and yet knew not how To the tune of O no, no, no, not yet.		1620 (1620)	STC 6924; ESTC S108801	1,620	2

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