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	left_a	wing_n	1,146	5	8.9534	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02903	The faire Æthiopian Dedicated to the King and Queene. By their Maiesties most humble subiect and seruant, William L'isle.	Lisle, William, 1579?-1637.; Heliodorus, of Emesa. Aethiopica.	1631 (1631)	STC 13047; ESTC S118754	106,013	192

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