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
A16863	The lamentacyon of a Christe[n] agai[n]st the citye of London for some certaine greate vyces vsed theri[n].	Brinkelow, Henry, d. 1546.	1548 (1548)	STC 3766; ESTC S106581	25,021	94

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