Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	command_v	horse_n	troop_n	1,218	5	8.9105	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76868	A bloudy fight between the Parliaments forces, and Sir George Booth's, under the conduct of Sir Thomas Middleton, and Collonel Ireland; on Priest-Moor, near Red-Hill Castle, in the county of Shropshire, about seven miles from Shrewsbury. With the particulars thereof, the manner of the engagement; the number of officers and souldiers taken prisoners; divers slain; and a great body of horse routed and pursued. Likewise the names of the commanders that gave the onset; the dividing of the enemies army into two bodies, and their marching towards York and Wales.		1659 (1659)	Wing B3241; Thomason E995_1; ESTC R207801	2,725	8

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