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	prince_n	3,449	5	5.5271	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60704	A sermon preached upon the thirtieth of January, 1694/5, in the parish of S. in the county of Norfolk by Samuel Snowden ...	Iraeneus, junior.	1695 (1695)	Wing S4397; ESTC R38262	21,975	34

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