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	see_v	word_n	2,949	5	3.7576	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68946	A summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian voyage wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Jago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena & Saint Augustine.; Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage	Bigges, Walter, d. 1586.; Croftes, Lieutenant.; Gates, Thomas, Sir, d. 1621.; Boazio, Baptista. Famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes wherin weare gotten the townes of St· Iago: :Sto: Domingo, Cartagena and :St: Augustines the same beinge begon from Plimmouth in the moneth of September 1585 and ended at Portesmouth in Iulie 1586.	1589 (1589)	STC 3056; STC 3171.6(d)_PARTIAL; ESTC S722	23,010	54

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