Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	witness_v	word_n	write_v	67	3	4.8684	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69734	A narrative of the depositions of Robert Jenison Esq with other material evidences, plainly proving that Mr. William Ireland, lately executed for high treason, was in London the nineteenth of August, 1678, notwithstanding his condfident denial thereof both at his tryal and execution / collected by Charles Chetwind, Esq.	Chetwind, Charles.; Jenison, Robert, 1648-1688.	1679 (1679)	Wing C3792; ESTC R9115	25,253	18

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