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	leave_v	time_n	1,273	5	3.0250	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41859	Great and bloody news from Tangier, or, A full and true relation of a great and dreadful fight which happened on the 3d of this instant November between the English and the Moors ...		1680 (1680)	Wing G1646; ESTC R23412	2,418	4

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