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	horse_n	troop_n	1,277	5	9.0912	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92761	Sir Barnabas Scvdamore's defence Vindicating him from those grand inputations o[f] treachery and negligence, in the late surprisall of Hereford, vvhich through the ignorance of some, and malice of others, are unjustly layd upon him. Also, discovering the true causes and maner of its surprisall the 18. day of September, anno Domini 1645.	Scudamore, Barnabas, Sir, d. 1658.	1646 (1646)	Wing S2129A; ESTC R231548	13,207	26

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