Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	justification_n	law_n	work_n	3,179	5	6.5237	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82125	A declaration of the bloudie and unchristian acting of William Star and John Taylor of Walton, vvith divers men in womens apparell, in opposition to those that dig upon George-hill in Surrey.		1649 (1649)	Wing D644; Thomason E561_6; ESTC R206011	2,540	7

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