Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	hear_v	speak_v	word_n	2,671	5	4.1800	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91853	Innocencie vindicated. Or, A brief answer to part of a scandalous paper, entituled A true narrative of the occasion and causes of the late Lord General Cromwel's anger against Lieutenant Colonel Joyce, &c. And his proceedings against him, to cashier him from the Army. By Jo. Rix, once lieutenant to the said Lt. Colonel Joyce.	Rix, John.	1659 (1659)	Wing R1569; Thomason E988_17; ESTC R203474	6,912	8

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