Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wish_v	write_v	writing_n	20	3	8.6584	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68491	A pleasant dialogue. betweene a lady called Listra, and a pilgrim Concerning the gouernment and common weale of the great prouince of Crangalor. 1579.	T. N., fl. 1579.; Nicholas, Thomas, b. ca. 1532, attributed name.	1579 (1579)	STC 18335.5; ESTC S110071	9,624	36

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