Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	colonel_n	horse_n	regiment_n	1,920	5	9.9256	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47495	A letter from Major-General Kirk in Ireland to his friend in London. From His Majesties camp near Dublin, July the 4th. 1690.	Kirke, Percy, 1646?-1691.	1690 (1690)	Wing K625B; ESTC R220035	1,706	2

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we_o march_v to_o morrow_n finis_fw-la print_a for_o j._n m._n in_o little-brittain_n 1690._o