Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	judge_n	king_n	law_n	5,155	5	5.2571	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58226	Reasons against petitioning the King for restoring the deprived bishops without repentance by a divine of the Church of England.	A. B.	1690 (1690)	Wing R474; ESTC R14464	9,255	8

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