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
A35657	The sophy.	Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.	1642 (1642)	Wing D1009; ESTC R15850	38,682	60

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