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	order_n	soldier_n	1,117	5	6.5811	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55724	The Present state of the Vaudois, drawn out of the three letters I. one from Mr. Cox, Their Majesties envoy in Suitzerland : II. the second from Monsieur de Loches, their Colonel : III. the last from Monsieur Arnaud minister of the Vaudois.	Arnaud, Henri, 1641-1721.; Coxe, Thomas.; Loches, Monsieur de.	1691 (1691)	Wing P3276; ESTC R18511	3,709	2

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