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
A76857	Bloody Babylon discoverd	[Londinatus, Christianus].	1659 (1659)	Wing B3227; Thomason E1928_3; ESTC R209991	40,143	119

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