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
A87790	Major General Kirk's letter to his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, dated from the Isle of Inch, August the 15. 1689.	Kirke, Percy, 1646?-1691.; Hamilton, James Douglas, Duke of, 1658-1712.	1689 (1689)	Wing K626; ESTC R225100	1,988	2

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when_o your_o grace_n see_v the_o draught_n that_o i_o will_v send_v you_o by_o the_o first_o convenience_n you_o will_v be_v of_o my_o opinion_n the_o house_n a_o general_o break_v down_o by_o the_o boms_n there_o have_v be_v five_o hundred_o ninety_o one_o shot_n shoot_v into_o the_o town_n the_o wall_n and_o out-work_n be_v not_o touch_v your_o grace_n most_o humble_a and_o obedient_a servant_n r._n kirk_n edinburgh_n august_n 16._o 1689._o this_o day_n his_o grace_n the_o duke_n of_o hamilton_n receive_v another_o letter_n from_o the_o duke_n of_o schomberg_n date_v the_o 13._o giving_z account_v that_o he_o be_v get_v into_o bangor_n bay_n in_o ireland_n with_o the_o ship_n provision_n and_o force_n under_o his_o command_n from_o england_n and_o that_o the_o coast_n be_v whole_o clear_a the_o irish_a having_z ●un_v all_o away_o so_o that_o he_o hope_v to_o prevent_v any_o disturbance_n to_o this_o nation_n from_o thence_o edinburgh_n print_v by_o the_o heir_n of_o andrew_n 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