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	subject_n	4,008	5	6.9192	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42182	The royal favourite clear'd with an admonition to the Roman Catholicks, and an address to his Royal Highness, James, Duke of York, &c. By a barrister of the Inner-Temple.	Garbrand, John, b. 1646 or 7.	1682 (1682)	Wing G206; ESTC R216434	8,120	38

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