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	youth_n	zeal_n	17	3	7.8400	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64766	The ladie's blush, or, The history of Susanna, the great example of conjugal chastity an heroick poem / by W.V.	W. V.	1673 (1673)	Wing V15; ESTC R6702	18,508	48

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