Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	know_v	let_v	see_v	3,024	5	2.9158	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16799	Strange nevves out of diuers countries neuer discouered till of late, by a strange pilgrime in those parts.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1622 (1622)	STC 3702.5; ESTC S104700	16,963	28

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