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	time_n	2,693	5	3.5735	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05066	A short apologie for Christian souldiours wherein is conteined, how that we ought both to propagate, and also if neede require, to defende by force of armes, the Catholike Church of Christ, against the tyrannie of Antichrist and his adherentes: penned by Stephanus Iunius Brutus, and translated into English by H.P. for the benefite of the resolution of the Church of England, in the defence of the gospel.; Vindiciae contra tyrannos. Part 4. English	Languet, Hubert, 1518-1581.; H. P., fl. 1588.; Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623, attributed name.	1588 (1588)	STC 15207; ESTC S105564	11,591	32

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