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	right_a	wing_n	1,211	5	9.0124	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16681	A strange metamorphosis of man, transformed into a vvildernesse Deciphered in characters.	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, attributed name.	1634 (1634)	STC 3587; ESTC S106111	35,057	196

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