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	parliament_n	7,403	5	7.2636	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45610	Aphorisms political by James Harrington.	Harrington, James, 1611-1677.	1659 (1659)	Wing H805; ESTC R335	8,287	21

but_o tend_v as_o we_o have_v see_v both_o in_o holland_n and_o switz_n towards_o division_n in_o the_o three_o way_n the_o commonwealth_n unite_n other_o commonwealth_n retain_v unto_o herself_o the_o lead_n of_o the_o whole_a league_n leave_v unto_o each_o of_o the_o rest_n she_o own_o law_n and_o her_o own_o liberty_n xlviii_o till_o a_o commonwealth_n be_v first_o frame_v how_o such_o a_o commonwealth_n shall_v make_v a_o effectual_a union_n with_o another_o nation_n be_v not_o possible_a to_o be_v see_v xlix_o the_o new_a unpractised_a and_o heretofore_o unheard-of_a union_n as_o it_o be_v vulgar_o speak_v with_o scotland_n by_o unite_n deputy_n of_o divers_a nation_n not_o in_o a_o council_n apart_o or_o by_o way_n of_o state_n general_n as_o in_o the_o unite_a province_n but_o in_o the_o stand_a council_n of_o some_o one_o commonwealth_n in_o the_o league_n be_v destructive_a to_o liberty_n both_o in_o england_n and_o in_o scotland_n l._n if_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n receive_v deputy_n from_o scotland_n in_o a_o great_a number_n than_o that_o of_o her_o own_o she_o receive_v law_n from_o a_o foreign_a interest_n and_o so_o lose_v she_o own_o liberty_n li._n if_o scotland_n be_v receive_v in_o a_o equal_a number_n it_o obstruct_v the_o freedom_n of_o both_o or_o occasion_v war_n or_o dissension_n lii_o if_o scotland_n be_v receive_v in_o a_o inferior_a number_n she_o receive_v law_n from_o england_n and_o so_o lose_v her_o liberty_n the_o like_a be_v understand_v of_o ireland_n liii_o whereas_o a_o well-ordered_a commonwealth_n shall_v give_v the_o balance_n to_o her_o confederate_n and_o not_o receive_v it_o from_o they_o the_o council_n in_o which_o divers_a other_o be_v thus_o unite_v though_o in_o a_o far_o inferior_a number_n of_o deputy_n yet_o if_o these_o lie_n in_o wait_n or_o lay_v their_o head_n together_o may_v be_v overruled_a obstruct_v or_o over-balanced_a by_o foreign_a interest_n liv._n where_o country_n be_v divers_a in_o their_o 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not_o in_o the_o union_n but_o in_o the_o force_n the_o like_a be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o ireland_n lvii_o if_o a_o country_n be_v very_o small_a and_o not_o able_a to_o subsist_v of_o itself_o as_o wales_n it_o may_v be_v safe_o unite_v and_o hold_v but_o the_o advantage_n that_o wales_n have_v in_o participation_n of_o all_o magistracy_n and_o office_n be_v not_o that_o which_o england_n be_v able_a to_o afford_v unto_o such_o a_o country_n as_o scotland_n without_o subject_v her_o neck_n unto_o the_o yoke_n lviii_o the_o order_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n require_v that_o it_o consist_v first_o of_o a_o civil_a second_o of_o a_o religious_a three_o of_o a_o military_a and_o fourthly_a of_o a_o provincial_a part._n the_o manner_n of_o unite_n province_n or_o different_a nation_n appertain_v unto_o the_o last_o part_n and_o in_o the_o formation_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n to_o begin_v with_o that_o first_o which_o be_v natural_o last_v be_v to_o invert_v the_o order_n and_o by_o 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