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	time_n	1,477	5	3.3086	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63571	A True narrative of the engagement between His Majesties fleet and that of Holland, begun June the first, 1666, at two a clock, afternoon, and continuing till the fourth, at ten a clock at night		1666 (1666)	Wing T2787; ESTC R12619	4,793	8

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