Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	captain_n	colonel_n	lieutenant_n	1,180	5	9.4650	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25937	Articles of impeachment and accusation, exhibited in Parliament against Colonell Nathaniel Fiennes touching his dishonorable surrender of the city and castle of Bristoll, by Clement Walker and William Prynne, Esquires : together with a letter from Mr. Prynne to Colonell Fiennes.	Fiennes, Nathaniel, 1607 or 8-1669, defendant.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing A3856; ESTC R986	6,394	17

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