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	king_n	war_n	1,218	5	5.8758	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05186	Of ghostes and spirites walking by nyght and of strange noyses, crackes, and sundry forewarnynges, whiche commonly happen before the death of menne, great slaughters, [and] alterations of kyngdomes. One booke, written by Lewes Lauaterus of Tigurine. And translated into Englyshe by R.H.; De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus. English	Lavater, Ludwig, 1527-1586.; Harrison, Robert, d. 1585?	1572 (1572)	STC 15320; ESTC S108369	158,034	242

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