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	lord_n	2,858	5	3.8642	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60058	A short, but just account of the tryal of Benjamin Harris upon an information brought against him for printing and vending a late seditious book called An appeal from the country to the city, for the preservation of His Majesties person, liberty, property, and the Protestant religion.	Harris, Benjamin, d. 1716?	1679 (1679)	Wing S3565; ESTC R18707	5,760	8

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