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	word_n	2,775	5	4.0281	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94842	The distracted state, a tragedy. / Written in the yeer, 1641. By J.T. Gent.	Tatham, John, fl. 1632-1664.	1651 (1651)	Wing T219; Thomason E618_5; ESTC R203745	32,014	39

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