Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	kingdom_n	power_n	3,147	5	4.9659	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39095	Extracts of some letters from some gentlemen of quality in His Excellencies army concerning the state of the Kings army and their owne written to Mr. Richard Shute, a merchant in Woodstreet, Decem. 13, 1642.		1642 (1642)	Wing E3916; ESTC R34433	2,214	9

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