Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n
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B04913
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A particular account of the late great engagement in the North of Ireland, with the total defeat of the Irish, and after the killing 6000 of the Irish on the place, the taking their baggage and ammunition, and the Scots and English remaining masters of the fields.
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1689
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Wing P584; ESTC R181480
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