Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	heart_n	let_v	lord_n	3,181	5	4.0879	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B11637	Adam in his innocencie. By William Bloys, esquire	Bloys, William, 17th cent.	1638 (1638)	STC 3139; ESTC S116391	73,020	296

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