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	march_v	war_n	1,020	5	5.7800	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88661	A letter from the Duke of Luxembourg to the French King giving a full account of the late battle in Flanders translated from the French copy.	Luxembourg, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de, 1628-1695.	1693 (1693)	Wing L3521aA; ESTC R43700	1,642	2

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