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
A47719	The emperors answer to the French king's manifesto translated from the Latin.	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705.	1688 (1688)	Wing L1108; ESTC R13327	11,412	22

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