Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	army_n	battle_n	prince_n	1,374	5	5.3323	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01738	A treatise of true fortitude. By M. George Gyffard, Preacher of the worde of God, at Maldon in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1594 (1594)	STC 11870; ESTC S114291	21,526	60

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