Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	law_n	nature_n	reason_n	3,046	5	5.4661	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02227	The tragedy of Mustapha	Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628.	1609 (1609)	STC 12362; ESTC S103431	27,607	54

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