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	person_n	power_n	3,831	5	5.0579	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78867	His Maiesties letter to the maior of Kingston upon Hull, 25. of Aprill. 1642. To our trusty and welbeloved, the major, aldermen, and burgesses of our towne and port of Kingston upon Hull.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing C2414; Thomason 669.f.5[11]; ESTC R210517	2,017	1

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