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	prerogative_n	1,605	5	10.3114	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96762	Mr. Wither his prophesie of our present calamity, and (except we repent) future misery. Written by him in the yeare 1628.; Britain's remembrancer. Selections	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1643 (1643)	Wing W3182; Thomason E89_28; ESTC R1830	7,644	15

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