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	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02193	Causes of a solemne fast and humiliation to be keeped, by ordinance of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly, in all the kirks of this kingdom, and in our armies at home and abroad, upon the last Lords day of October, and the Wednesday following.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Ker, A.	1644 (1644)	Wing C4201CB; ESTC R173928	1,728	6

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