Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	justice_n	king_n	law_n	4,449	5	4.8812	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61091	The history and fate of sacrilege discover'd by examples of scripture, of heathens, and of Christians; from the beginning of the world continually to this day / by Sir Henry Spelman ...	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.	1698 (1698)	Wing S4927; ESTC R16984	116,597	303

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the_o earl_n of_o shrewsbury_n at_o sea_n shoot_v he_o in_o the_o eye_n where_o only_o he_o be_v unarm_v and_o the_o earl_n thereupon_o fall_v out_o of_o the_o ship_n into_o the_o sea_n be_v both_o slay_v and_o drown_v and_o die_v without_o issue_n girald_n camb._n hou._n in_o ann._n 1098._o &_o holl._n ib._n cat._n i_o shrewsb_n geoffrey_n 1100._o the_o 16_o abbot_n of_o st._n alban_n live_v whilst_o he_o be_v young_a a_o secular_a man_n and_o teach_v at_o dunstable_n do_v there_o about_o the_o begin_n of_o king_n henry_n i._o make_v a_o play_n of_o st._n catharine_n call_v miracula_fw-la and_o for_o act_v of_o it_o do_v borrow_v of_o the_o sexton_n of_o st._n alban_n divers_a cope_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o choir_n of_o st._n alban_n for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o have_v use_v they_o profane_o in_o his_o play_n both_o the_o house_n wherein_o they_o be_v and_o the_o cope_n themselves_o be_v the_o next_o night_n casual_o burn_v geoffery_n for_o great_a grief_n hereupon_o 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