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	time_n	2,910	5	3.4065	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08348	The gunners dialogue VVith the Art of great artillery. By Robert Norton, enginier. and gunner.	Norton, Robert, d. 1635.	1628 (1628)	STC 18674; ESTC S119502	20,179	42

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