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	lord_n	people_n	4,203	5	4.5705	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20017	A true declaration of the state of the manufacture of gold and siluer threed, from the beginning of the making thereof here in England, vntill this present		1623 (1623)	STC 6456; ESTC S116738	4,303	5

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