Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	able_a	great_a	king_n	1,544	5	3.5126	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07947	Certaine characters and essayes of prison and prisoners. Compiled by Nouus Homo a prisoner in the kings bench	G. M. (Geffray Minshull), 1594?-1668.	1618 (1618)	STC 18318; ESTC S101447	18,869	56

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