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	time_n	word_n	2,321	5	3.5884	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92440	Innocency cleared, true worth predicated, against false aspertions: in a letter sent to Mr Henry Burton. From a Christian friend; in defence of Dr Bastwick, one of his quondam fellow sufferers.	B. S., fl. 1645.	1645 (1645)	Wing S10; Thomason E265_7; ESTC R212420	8,332	9

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