Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	lord_n	people_n	time_n	3,122	5	3.6287	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92863	Mr. William Sedgwicks letter to his Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax, generall of the Parliaments forces, in prosecution of his answer to the remonstrance of the Army.	Sedgwick, William, 1609 or 10-1669?; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1649 (1649)	Wing S2387; Thomason E536_16; ESTC R203731	3,226	8

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