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	great_a	horse_n	1,030	5	6.8368	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71143	A true & exact relation of the several passages at the siege of Manchester, between the Lo. Strange his forces, and the towne : wherein is evidently seene the wonderfull mercy of God in their deliverance / written by one that was an eie-witnesse, and an actor in most of that service ; also a protestation of Master Hotham, and divers other knights and gentlemen, against the 14. articles of pacification, and neutrality.	One that was an eie-witnesse.; Hotham, John, d. 1645 Jan. 1.	1642 (1642)	Wing T2462A; ESTC R22611	9,575	17

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