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
A78479	Certaine orders meete to be observed vpon any foraine invasion, for those shires that lye upon the sea coastes. With a direction to the justices of the peace.		1642 (1642)	Wing C1717; Thomason E136_17	7,024	13

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