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	sorrow_n	weep_v	1,609	5	9.8568	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18600	Votiuæ Lachrymæ. A vovv of teares, for the losse of Prince Henry In a sermon preached in the citie of Bristol December 7. 1612. being the day of his funerall. By E.C. Batchelar in Diuinitie, and publike preacher to that citie.	Chetwynd, Edward, 1577-1639.	1612 (1612)	STC 5128; ESTC S116821	22,091	65

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