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	people_n	power_n	4,914	5	5.4287	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47922	State-divinity, or, A supplement to The relaps'd apostate wherein is prosecuted the discovery of the present design against the King, the Parliament, and the publick peace, in notes upon some late Presbyterian pamphlets / by Roger L'Estrange.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.; L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. Relaps'd apostate.	1661 (1661)	Wing L1310; ESTC R21743	25,533	70

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