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	year_n	young_a	182	4	5.8912	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20899	Ars aulica or The courtiers arte; Arte aulica. English	Ducci, Lorenzo.; Blount, Edward, fl. 1588-1632, attributed name.	1607 (1607)	STC 7274; ESTC S109963	73,863	320

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