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	see_v	time_n	3,848	5	3.4906	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04673	The affectionate shepheard Containing the complaint of Daphnis for the loue of Ganymede.	Barnfield, Richard, 1574-1627.	1594 (1594)	STC 1480; ESTC S114397	18,807	58

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