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	life_n	time_n	2,672	5	3.2697	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80516	A copy of a remonstrance setting forth the sad condition of the army under the command of the Right Honourable the Lord Baron of Inchequine, Lord President of Munster. Drawn by the councell of war the 23 of June, 1647. and sent to both houses of Parliament. By their agents, being members and officers of the army, viz. [brace] Lieut. Col. Stubber Major Choppyne. Major Elsynge. And was accordingly by them presented July 14. 1647. Together with a short vindication of the Right Honourable the Lord Inchequin and other officers of that army from a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, stiled A letter from Lieut. Col. Knight in the province of Munster in Ireland, setting forth the extraordinary wants of the souldiers, &c. and published July 22. 1647. Published by authority.		1647 (1647)	Wing C6190; Thomason E399_33; ESTC R201732	3,891	8

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