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_v	workman_n	workmanship_n	15	3	11.7951	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11922	The first booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English; Tutte l'opere d'architettura. English	Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554.; Peake, Robert, Sir, 1592?-1667.	1611 (1611)	STC 22235; ESTC S117091	201,482	411

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