Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	woman_n	wont_a	young_a	20	3	5.6013	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17947	Cardanus comforte translated into Englishe. And published by commaundement of the right honourable the Earle of Oxenford; De consolatione. English	Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.; Bedingfield, Thomas, d. 1613.	1573 (1573)	STC 4607; ESTC S104794	116,012	228

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