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	lord_n	see_v	3,997	5	3.2299	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14705	Boke of husbandry; Dite de hosbondrie. Englsh	Henley, Walter de.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253, attributed name.	1508 (1508)	STC 25007; ESTC S108151	15,689	25

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