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	person_n	2,832	5	4.9191	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16247	Boanerges. Or the humble supplication of the ministers of Scotland, to the High Court of Pariament [sic] in England	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.	1624 (1624)	STC 3171; ESTC S102729	18,586	38

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