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	religion_n	2,297	5	5.7863	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09639	Pyers plowmans exhortation, vnto the lordes, knightes and burgoysses of the Parlyamenthouse		1550 (1550)	STC 19905; ESTC S104321	9,690	25

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