Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	advantage_n	army_n	place_n	1,086	5	4.0319	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86067	July 18. 1642. A perfect diurnall of all the proceedings of the English and Scotch armies in Ireland, from the 14 of June to this present. Sent over from Master Godwin, Master of the Ordnance in the English army, to a merchant now dwelling in London.	Godwin, Master.	1642 (1642)	Wing G967; Thomason E107_10; ESTC R20302	2,502	8

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