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	law_n	lord_n	4,135	5	3.8427	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03184	The spider and the flie A parable of the spider and the flie, made by Iohn Heywood.	Heywood, John, 1497?-1580?	1556 (1556)	STC 13308; ESTC S106106	149,287	458

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