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	place_n	1,085	5	3.8796	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87953	A letter from Holland: being a true relation of all the proceedings of the Northern armies. Under the command of Duke Hamilton, the Earl of Lendrick, the Lord Calander, Monroe, Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Sir Thomas Tilsley. And the rest of the English in the Northern Parts. Sent from a gentleman in Holland, to his friend here in England: which hath set down all the passages of the armies. Sept.23.		1648 (1648)	Wing L1476; Thomason E467_21; ESTC R205265	12,767	16

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