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	speak_v	word_n	2,711	5	3.7885	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00458	The hatefull hypocrisie, and rebellion of the Romishe prelacie. By Lewys Euans	Evans, Lewis, fl. 1574.	1570 (1570)	STC 10591; ESTC S101772	29,285	82

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