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
A28792	Lieutenant Colonell John Booker being sent out of the Province of Munster by ... the Lord of Inchiquine ... and the councell of warre there and having delivered letters from his Lordship to the Honourable Speaker of the House of Commons to the Right Honourable the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Irish affaires ... doth humbly present the state and condition of the army in that province.	Booker, John, 17th cent.	1646 (1646)	Wing B3723; ESTC R225279	3,277	2

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