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
A25001	An Account of the coming up of Tho. Earl of Danby, from the Tower of London to the Court of Kings-Bench at Westminster, on Saturday, the 27th of May, 1682 together with the most remarkable passages and arguments used by His Lordship to that court, and the answer of the judges thereto.		1682 (1682)	Wing A264; ESTC R12516	9,769	12

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