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	time_n	3,325	5	3.4597	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08514	An oration to the most illustrious and mightie prince Frederick King of Bohemia. Made by Martin Opitius of Silesia. Translated out of Latin; Oratio ad serenissimum ac potentissimum principem Fridericum, Regem Bohemiæ. English	Opitz, Martin, 1597-1639.	1620 (1620)	STC 18831; ESTC S121204	10,382	23

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