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	lord_n	parliament_n	7,771	5	7.1941	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94080	The common-vvealth of Israel, or A brief account of Mr. Prynne's anatomy of the good old cause. By H.S.	Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.	1659 (1659)	Wing S6035; Thomason E983_11; ESTC R203692	4,778	8

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