Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	work_n	work_v	worth_n	34	3	9.0364	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31376	The causes and remedy of the distempers of the times in certain discourses of obedience and disobedience.		1675 (1675)	Wing C1537; ESTC R8824	126,154	325

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