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	know_v	lord_n	3,158	5	3.8756	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96819	Oh London! with thy magistrates and rulers. What are ye doing, and causing to be done against a harmless and innocent people ... : VVritten in Newgate the 14th of the 11th month, 1660. / [By] Humphrey Wooldrich.	Wollrich, Humphry, 1633?-1707.	1660 (1660)	Wing W3295; ESTC R186805	2,230	1

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