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	pope_n	send_v	2,798	5	6.3535	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60078	A genealogical history of the kings of Portugal, and of all those illustrious houses that in masculine line are branched from that royal family containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues, times of birth, death and places of burial, with their armes and emblazons aaccording to their several alterations, as also their symboles and mottoes : all engraven in copper plates / written in French by Scevole and Lovis de Saincte-Marthe, brethren, and advocates in the Court of Parliament of Paris, unto the year MDCXXIII ; rendered into English, and continued unto this present year, MDCLXII by Francis Sandford ...; Histoire genealogique de la maison de France. English. Selections	Sainte-Marthe, Scévole de, 1571-1650.; Sainte-Marthe, Louis de, 1571-1656.; Sandford, Francis, 1630-1694.	1662 (1662)	Wing S360; ESTC R8624	194,067	211

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portugal_n chap._n xix_o alphonso_n vi_o king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n xxii_o alphonso_n of_o portugal_n knight_n of_o the_o order_n of_o st._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n pag._n 8_o alphonso_n of_o portugal_n lord_n of_o portalegre_n pag._n 23_o alphonso_n of_o portugal_n seigneur_n of_o leiria_n ibid._n alphonso_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 30_o alphonso_n of_o portugal_n die_v young_a pag._n 30_o aremburga_n countess_n of_o vrgel_n pag._n 13_o adolphe_n of_o cleves_n seigneur_n of_o ravenstein_n pag._n 43_o alphonso_n prince_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 59_o alphonso_n cardinal_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 66_o anthony_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 69_o alphonso_n prince_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 73_o anthony_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 74_o alphonso-dionysio_a b._n of_o portugal_n pag._n 24_o alphonso-sanceo_a b._n of_o portugal_n count_n of_o albuquerque_n pag._n 28_o alphonso_n b._n of_o portugal_n pag._n 33_o alphonso_n de_fw-fr casca_n b._n of_o portugal_n ibid._n alphonso_n b._n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o braganza_n pag._n 45_o alphonso_n b._n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o visco_n pag._n 49_o b._n blanche_n of_o portugal_n lady_n of_o guadaliara_n pag._n 14_o berengaria_n of_o portugal_n ibid._n beatrice_n of_o castillo_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 21_o beatrix_n of_o castille_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 30_o beatrix_n of_o portugal_n queen_n of_o castille_n pag._n 31_o beatrice_n of_o portugal_n lady_n of_o ravenstein_n pag._n 43_o beatrice_n of_o portugal_n duchess_n of_o visco_n pag._n 44_o blanch_n of_o portugal_n die_v young_a pag._n 45_o beatrice_n of_o portugal_n duchess_n of_o visco_n pag._n 47_o blanch_n of_o portugal_n abbess_n of_o loruano_n pag._n 23_o beatrix_n of_o portugal_n duchess_n of_o savoy_n pag._n 69_o beatrix_n of_o portugal_n ibid._n beatrix_n b._n of_o portugal_n pag._n 34_o beatrice_n b._n of_o portugal_n countess_n of_o arundel_n pag._n 45_o c._n constance_n of_o portugal_n wife_n of_o goncalo-nunez_a de_fw-fr lara_n pag._n 23_o constance_n of_o portugal_n ibid._n constance_n of_o portugal_n queen_n of_o castille_n pag._n 27_o constance_n manuel_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 32_o charlote_n of_o cyprus_n duchess_n of_o conimbra_n pag._n 42_o charles_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 70_o christopher_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 89_o constance_n b._n of_o portugal_n pag._n 15_o constance_n b._n of_o castille_n pag._n 33_o d._n dionysio_n king_n of_o portugal_n chap_n vii_o doulce_fw-it of_o arragon_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 10_o dionysio_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 30_o dionysio_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 32_o dionysio_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 49_o diego-alphonso_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 24_o dionysio_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 73_o dionysio_n b._n of_o portugal_n pag._n 33_o e._n edward_z king_n of_o portugal_n chap_n xii_o emanuel_n king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n xv._o eleanor_z of_o arragon_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 47_o edward_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 49_o elizabeth_n or_o isabel_n of_o conimbra_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 52_o edward_n prince_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 67_o edward_n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o vimerana_n ibid._n emanuel_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 73_o emanuel_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 88_o emilia_n of_o nassau_n ibid._n edward_n b._n of_o portugal_n archbishop_n of_o bracara_n pag._n 74_o f._n ferdinand_z king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n x._o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o visco_n pag._n 47_o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n count_n of_o flanders_n pag._n 11_o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n infant_n of_o s●erpe_n pag._n 17_o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 23_o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n seigneur_n of_o ecae_n pag._n 33_o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o visco_n pag._n 48_o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n grand_a master_n of_o the_o order_n d'avis_n pag._n 44_o ferdinand_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 66_o ferdinand-alphonso_n b._n of_o portugal_n knight_n of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o templar_n pag._n 24_o ferdinand_n b._n of_o portugal_n lord_n of_o braganza_n pag._n 33_o g._n gilles-sanceo_a b._n of_o portugal_n pag._n 15_o gilles-alphonso_n b._n of_o portugal_n pag._n 24_o george_n b._n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o conimbra_n pag._n 59_o h._n henry_n of_o bourgongne_n count_n of_o portugal_n chap._n i._n henry_n the_o cardinal_z king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n xviii_o henry_n prince_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 8_o henry_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 13_o henry_n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o visco_n pag._n 43_o i._n john_n i._o king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n xi_o john_n ii_o king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n fourteen_o john_n iii_o king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n xvi_o john_n iv_o king_n of_o portugal_n chap._n xxi_o jane_n countess_n of_o flanders_n pag._n 11_o isabel_n of_o portugal_n lady_n of_o biscay_n pag._n 23_o isabel_n of_o portugal_n lady_n of_o albuquerque_n ibid._n isabel_n of_o arragon_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 26_o john_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 30_o isabel_n of_o arragon_n duchess_n of_o conimbra_n pag._n 41_o john_n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o conimbra_n pag._n 42_o james_n of_o portugal_n cardinal_n and_o archbishop_n of_o lisbon_n ibid._n isabel_n d'avalos_n pag._n 33_o isabel_n of_o conimbra_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 42_o john_n of_o portugal_n grand_a master_n of_o the_o order_n of_o st._n james_n pag._n 44_o isabel_n of_o braganza_n ibid._n james_n of_o portugal_n ibid._n isabel_n of_o portugal_n queen_n of_o castille_n ibid._n isabel_n of_o portugal_n duchess_n of_o bourgongne_n pag._n 45_o john_n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o visco_n pag._n 48_o james_n of_o portugal_n duke_n of_o visco_n ibid._n isabel_n of_o visco_n duchess_n of_o braganza_n pag._n 49_o jane_n of_o portugal_n queen_n of_o castille_n pag._n 50_o john_n prince_n of_o portugal_n die_v young_a pag._n 55_o jane_n of_o portugal_n a_o nun_n at_o odivelles_n ibid._n isabel_n of_o castille_n queen_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 64_o isabel_n of_o braganza_n princess_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 67_o john_n prince_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 73_o joan_n of_o austria_n ibid._n isabel_n of_o portugal_n pag._n 74_o jane_n infanta_n of_o portugal_n