Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	justify_v	law_n	work_n	2,556	5	6.5713	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34916	A hue and cry after bloodshed, or, A short relation of that inhuman, barbarous, cruel, and bloody tragedy acted upon the innocent people of God called Quakers at their meeting at Bull and Mouth within Aldersgate, upon the 31 and the 6th month, 1662, by some of the trained bands of the city of London	R. C. (Richard Crane)	1662 (1662)	Wing C6813; ESTC R27283	4,420	1

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