Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	charge_v	horse_n	troop_n	2,183	5	9.5433	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97083	Britannicæ virtutis imago. Or, The effigies of true fortitude, expressed to the life, in the famous actions of that incomparable knight, Major Generall Smith, who is here represented, June, 1644.	Walsingham, Edward, d. 1663.	1644 (1644)	Wing W649; Thomason E53_10; ESTC R21145	21,181	34

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