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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51309	Paralipomena prophetica containing several supplements and defences of Dr Henry More his expositions of the Prophet Daniel and the apocalypse, whereby the impregnable firmness and solidity of the said expositions is further evidenced to the world. Whereunto is also added phililicrines upon R.B. his notes on the revelation of S. John; Apocalypsis Apocalypseos. Supplement.	More, Henry, 1614-1687.; More, Henry, 1614-1687. Plain and continued exposition of the several prophecies or divine visions of the Prophet Daniel.	1685 (1685)	Wing M2669; ESTC R490816	301,149	543

tetrarch_n of_o judaea_n be_v further_a confirm_v from_o josephus_n his_o tell_v the_o same_o story_n bell._n jud._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o where_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v omit_v and_o instead_o thereof_o antonius_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hospes_fw-la eorum_fw-la paternus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d friendly_a and_o benign_o receive_v by_o their_o father_n antipater_n which_o may_v be_v proper_o say_v though_o the_o two_o son_n be_v yet_o unborn_a and_o yet_o they_o be_v both_o in_o be_v at_o that_o time_n when_o gabinius_n be_v perfect_a of_o syria_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v pass_v all_o doubt_n with_o i_o that_o herod_n be_v not_o more_o than_o betwixt_o fifteen_o and_o sixteen_o year_n old_a when_o his_o father_n make_v he_o perfect_a of_o galilee_n he_o be_v suppose_v in_o the_o sixteenth_o year_n of_o his_o age._n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o he_o be_v not_o pass_v twenty_o two_o when_o he_o be_v 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all_o necessary_n as_o he_o go_v for_o his_o journey_n what_o a_o plain_a and_o unaffected_a a_o account_n be_v this_o of_o themistocles_n his_o own_o in_o comparison_n of_o that_o which_o i_o brief_o above_o recite_v out_o of_o plutarch_n but_o both_o concur_v in_o this_o that_o he_o haste_v away_o present_o assoon_o as_o he_o arrive_v into_o asia_n unto_o the_o persian_a court_n which_o be_v the_o thing_n i_o drive_v at_o then_o and_o note_v here_o again_o that_o no_o slippery_a wit_n may_v pretend_v that_o though_o themistocles_n flight_n indeed_o be_v the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 77._o olympiad_n yet_o there_o may_v be_v some_o year_n before_o he_o come_v to_o the_o persian_a court_n and_o though_o it_o be_v artaxerxes_n that_o he_o then_o address_v to_o yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o xerxes_n die_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o abovesaid_a olympiad_n but_o as_o it_o be_v plain_a out_o of_o thucydides_n that_o xerxes_n be_v dead_a in_o this_o very_a year_n of_o 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