Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	arm_n	great_a	people_n	1,001	5	4.0844	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89884	Loyalty speakes truth or, a conference of the grand mercvries, pragmaticus, melancholicus, and elenticus, concerning the present condition of his Majesty, and the proceedings of this blessed Parliament.	Nedham, Marchamont, 1620-1678.	1647 (1647)	Wing N395; Thomason E422_14; ESTC R204803	5,085	8

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