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
A87173	A full relation of the defeate given, and victory obtained upon Saturday last, by our forces at Abbington: commanded by that noble and faithfull commander, Major Generall Browne, against the Oxford forces, commanded by the two Princes, Rupert, and Maurice, who then with much confidence came to storm and take the aforesaid garrison. In a letter from Collonell Samuel Harsnet, to Captaine Jones in London. Imprimatur, Ja. Cranford.	Harsnet, Samuel.	1645 (1645)	Wing H922; Thomason E24_14; ESTC R21495	2,177	7

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