Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	battle_n	great_a	slaughter_n	1,027	5	9.5987	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64096	Orang-outang, sive, Homo sylvestris, or, The anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man to which is added, A philological essay concerning the pygmies, the cynocephali, the satyrs and sphinges of the ancients : wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended / by Edward Tyson ...	Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.; Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725.	1699 (1699)	Wing T3598; ESTC R185850	159,017	232

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and_o constant_a war_n between_o they_o for_o brute_n like_o man_n dont_fw-fr war_n upon_o one_o another_o to_o raise_v and_o increase_v their_o glory_n or_o to_o enlarge_v their_o empire_n unless_o i_o can_v acquit_v myself_o herein_o and_o assign_v some_o probable_a cause_n hereof_o i_o may_v incur_v the_o same_o censure_n as_o strabo_n 48._o pass_v on_o several_a of_o the_o indian_a historian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o review_v the_o homerical_a fight_n of_o the_o crane_n and_o pigmy_n which_o he_o look_v upon_o only_a as_o a_o fiction_n of_o the_o poet._n but_o this_o have_v be_v very_o unbecoming_a homer_n to_o take_v a_o simile_n which_o be_v design_v for_o illustration_n from_o what_o have_v no_o foundation_n in_o nature_n his_o betrachomyomachia_n it_o be_v true_a be_v a_o mere_a invention_n and_o never_o otherwise_o esteem_v but_o his_o geranomachia_n have_v all_o the_o likelihood_n of_o a_o true_a story_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v inquire_v now_o what_o may_v be_v the_o just_a occasion_n of_o this_o quarrel_n athenaeus_n 393._o out_o of_o philochorus_n and_o so_o likewise_o aelian_a 29._o tell_v we_o a_o story_n that_o in_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o pigmy_n the_o male-line_n fail_v one_o gerana_n be_v their_o queen_n a_o woman_n of_o a_o admire_a beauty_n and_o who_o the_o citizen_n worship_v as_o a_o goddess_n but_o she_o become_v so_o vain_a and_o proud_a as_o to_o prefer_v she_o own_o before_o the_o beauty_n of_o all_o the_o other_o goddess_n at_o which_o they_o grow_v enrage_v and_o to_o punish_v she_o for_o her_o insolence_n athenaeus_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v diana_n but_o aelian_a say_v it_o be_v juno_n that_o transform_v she_o into_o a_o crane_n and_o make_v she_o a_o enemy_n to_o the_o pigmy_n that_o worship_v she_o before_o but_o since_o they_o be_v not_o agree_v which_o goddess_n it_o be_v i_o shall_v let_v this_o pass_v pomponius_n mela_n will_v have_v it_o and_o i_o think_v some_o other_o that_o these_o cruel_a engagement_n use_v to_o happen_v upon_o the_o crane_n come_v to_o devour_v the_o corn_n the_o pigmy_n have_v sow_v and_o that_o at_o last_o they_o become_v so_o victorious_a as_o not_o only_o to_o destroy_v their_o corn_n but_o they_o also_o for_o he_o tell_v we_o 8._o fuere_fw-la interiùs_fw-la pygmaei_n minutum_fw-la genus_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la pro_fw-la satis_fw-la frugibus_fw-la contra_fw-la grues_fw-la dimicando_fw-la defecit_fw-la this_o may_v seem_v a_o reasonable_a cause_n of_o a_o quarrel_n but_o it_o not_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o pigmy_n use_v to_o sow_v corn_n i_o will_v not_o insist_v on_o this_o neither_o now_o what_o seem_v most_o likely_a to_o i_o be_v the_o account_n that_o pliny_n out_o of_o megastheve_n and_o strabo_n from_o onesicritus_n give_v we_o and_o provide_v i_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o believe_v or_o justify_v all_o that_o they_o say_v i_o can_v rest_v satisfy_v in_o great_a part_n of_o their_o relation_n for_o pliny_n 13_o tell_v we_o veris_fw-la tempore_fw-la universo_fw-it agmine_fw-la ad_fw-la mare_fw-la descendere_fw-la &_o ova_n pullosque_fw-la earum_fw-la alitum_fw-la consumere_fw-la that_o in_o the_o springtime_n the_o whole_a drove_n of_o the_o pigmy_n go_v down_o to_o the_o sea_n side_n to_o devour_v the_o crane_n egg_n and_o their_o young_a one_o so_o likewise_o onesicritus_n 489._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n that_o there_o be_v a_o fight_n between_o the_o pigmy_n and_o the_o crane_n as_o homer_n relate_v and_o the_o partridge_n which_o be_v as_o big_a as_o goose_n for_o these_o pigmy_n gather_v up_o their_o egg_n and_o destroy_v they_o the_o crane_n lay_v their_o egg_n there_o and_o neither_o their_o egg_n nor_o their_o nest_n be_v to_o be_v find_v any_o where_o else_o it_o be_v plain_a therefore_o from_o they_o that_o the_o quarrel_n be_v not_o out_o of_o any_o antipathy_n the_o pigmy_n have_v to_o the_o crane_n but_o out_o of_o love_n to_o their_o own_o belly_n but_o the_o crane_n find_v their_o nest_n to_o be_v rob_v and_o their_o young_a one_o