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	part_n	town_n	1,194	5	6.1511	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87897	Peace to the nation	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704, attributed name.	1660 (1660)	Wing L1284A; Thomason 669.f.23[41]; ESTC R211559	2,434	1

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