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
A16636	The tragicomoedi of the vertuous Octauia. Done by Samuel Brandon. 1598; Virtuous Octavia	Brandon, Samuel, fl. 1598.	1598 (1598)	STC 3544; ESTC S104635	47,881	130

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