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	prince_n	see_v	2,897	5	3.5419	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29916	Monarchy maintained in a sermon preached at St. Anne Blackfryers / by Titus Bruce ...	Bruce, Titus, b. 1654.	1682 (1682)	Wing B5221; ESTC R2486	8,581	28

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