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
B22598	Two letters from his excellencie Robert, Earl of Essex the one unto the speaker of the House of Commons : relating the true state of the late skirmish at Chinner between a party of the Kings and Parliaments forces on the sabbath day the 19	Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646.	1643 (1643)	Wing E3338	2,577	8

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