Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	house_n	king_n	parliament_n	4,083	5	6.9002	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96500	A speech made by Sergeant Wild in the honourable House of Commons, in the cause of Mercurius Britanicus As it was also (the next day) delivered from his own mouth in a boate, as he past between the temple staires, and Westminster Bridge, heretofore call'd Kings Bridge.	Wilde, John, 1590-1669.	1645 (1645)	Wing W2164; ESTC R230474	3,905	12

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