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	time_n	2,767	5	3.5221	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91593	Quære's, seasonable, to be humbly presented to King Charles, at Holmby, and others, for his Parliament at Westminster: vvith a few to be taken to heart, by the common people of England, communicated: / by Philanactodemus. Whereunto is added a prologue and an epilogue, for the better illustration of the thing to the different reader.	Philanactodemus.	1647 (1647)	Wing Q174; Thomason E384_4; ESTC R201442	12,558	27

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