Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wit_n	witness_n	word_n	45	3	3.4490	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42498	Three sermons preached upon severall publike occasions by John Gauden.	Gauden, John, 1605-1662.	1642 (1642)	Wing G373; ESTC R8318	68,770	144

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