Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wood_n	word_n	write_v	20	3	5.0015	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08121	The palme of Christian fortitude. Or The glorious combats of Christians in Iaponia. Taken out of letters of the Society of Iesus from thence. Anno 1624; Lettera annua del Giappone dell' anno 1624. English. Selections	Rodrigues, João, 1558-1633.; Neville, Edmund, 1605-1647.	1630 (1630)	STC 18482; ESTC S113224	81,772	200

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