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	think_v	3,397	5	3.7699	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93353	The cause of the long afflicted, and sore oppressed, sent (in breif) [sic] from Winchester Prison, : being a copy of the Mittymus, whereby Humphrey Smith was again committed (into the place of his former long suffering, in the same streight unsavory prison,) with his answer (which was then sent back) thereunto. : As likewise a short relation from the rest of them called Quakers there. : Printed for the said sufferers.	Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1662 (1662)	Wing S4053; ESTC R184295	6,155	11

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