Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	world_n	write_v	wrong_n	20	3	8.4092	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07698	A dyaloge of syr Thomas More knyghte: one of the counsayll of oure souerayne lorde the kyng [and] chauncellour of hys duchy of Lancaster. Wherin be treated dyuers maters, as of the veneration [and] worshyp of ymages [and] relyques, prayng to sayntys, [and] goyng o[n] pylgrymage. Wyth many othere thyngys touching the pestylent sect of Luther and Tyndale, by the tone bygone in Sarony, and by tother laboryed to be brought in to Englond; Dyaloge of dyvers maters	More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.	1529 (1529)	STC 18084; ESTC S104969	282,100	256

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therewith_o go_v we_o to_o mete_v ¶_o the_o end_n of_o the_o thyrd_o book_n ¶_o the_o fourthe_a book_n ¶_o the_o first_o chapyter_n ¶_o the_o author_n show_v wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o well_o do_v to_o suffer_v luther_n bokis_n or_o eny_z other_o heretic_n to_o go_v abroad_o and_o be_v red_a among_o the_o peple_n though_o there_o be_v some_o good_a thyngys_n in_o theym_n among_o that_o bad_a when_o we_o have_v after_o dyner_n a_o lytell_fw-mi pause_v your_o friend_n &_o i_o draw_v ourselves_o aside_o in_o to_z the_o gardyn_n and_o there_o syt_v down_o in_o a_o herber_n he_o bygan_v to_o entre_fw-fr forth_n in_o to_o the_o mater_fw-la sa_n that_o he_o have_v well_o perceyve_v that_o not_o in_o his_o cuntre_n only_o but_o also_o in_o the_o unyver_n syte_n where_o he_o have_v ben_fw-mi there_z be_v that_o have_v none_o evyll_n opynyon_n of_o luther_n but_o think_v that_o his_o boky_n be_v by_o the_o clergye_a forboden_n of_o malice_n and_o evyll_n will_v to_o the_o end_n that_o folk_n 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¶_o a_o dyaloge_n of_o sir_n thomas_n more_o knyghte_a one_o of_o the_o counsel_n of_o our_o soverayne_a lord_n the_o king_n &_o chancellor_n of_o his_o duchy_n of_o lancaster_n wherein_o be_n treatyd_v dyvers_a matter_n as_z of_o the_o veneration_n &_o worship_n of_o ymagys_n &_o relyques_n pra_v to_o saynty_n &_o go_v on_o pylgrymage_n with_o many_o othere_o thyngys_n touch_v the_o pestylent_a sect_n of_o luther_n and_o tyndale_n by_o the_o tone_n by-gone_a in_o saxony_n and_z by_o the_o other_o laboryd_a to_o be_v bring_v in_o to_o englond_a the_o preface_n ¶_o hyt_n be_v ā_o old_a say_v see_v that_o one_o bysyne_v bygettyth_n and_o bring_v forth_o a_o neither_o which_o proverb_n as_o hit_v hap_v i_o find_v very_o true_a by_o myself_o which_o have_v be_v fain_o by_o occasyon_n first_o of_o one_o busygne_n a●●er_a to_o take_v the_o second_o and_z upon_o the_o second_o now_o to_o take_v y●_z thyrd_o for_o where_o as_o a_o right_a worshipful_a friend_n of_o i_o send_v ●ny_n unto_o i_o 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