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	world_n	2,761	5	4.2527	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40413	A letter written by His Highness the Prince Elector of Brandenbourgh unto His Most Serene and Illustrious Highness Richard, Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the territories and dominions thereunto belonging : denoting Their Highness's joynt-interest in the protecting and defending of the Reformed Protestant cause ...	Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688.; Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712.	1659 (1659)	Wing F2110A; ESTC R28025	4,363	10

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