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
A96343	The copy of a letter sent to his Excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax. VVith an account to the officers of the Generalls regiment, intended for satisfaction to their demands. Likewise seaven heads which are presented to the Generall by some officers of the regiment, and some other particulars in relation thereunto published. / By Francis White, Maior of the Generalls regiment of foot.	White, Francis, d. 1657.	1647 (1647)	Wing W1764A; Thomason E413_17; ESTC R204487	13,802	16

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