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	power_n	6,758	5	5.4097	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90533	The case of Mr. Hugh Peters, impartially communicated to the vievv and censure of the whole world: written by his own hand.	Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1695; Thomason E1034_10; ESTC R203159	3,430	10

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