Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	david_n	hand_n	saul_n	2,591	5	9.7819	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35827	The journals of all the Parliaments during the reign of Queen Elizabeth both of the House of Lords and House of Commons / collected by Sir Simonds D'Ewes ... Knight and Baronet ; revised and published by Paul Bowes ..., Esq.	D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650.; Bowes, Paul, d. 1702.	1682 (1682)	Wing D1250; ESTC R303	1,345,519	734

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thousand_o of_o body_n and_o soul_n of_o good_a and_o faithful_a subject_n may_v just_o be_v term_v crudelis_fw-la misericordia_fw-la petiliano_fw-mi objiciente_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la delectari_fw-la humano_fw-la sanguine_a respondet_fw-la legimus_fw-la multos_fw-la à_fw-la famulo_fw-la dei_fw-la moise_n misericorditer_fw-la interfectos_fw-la nunquid_fw-la crudelis_fw-la effect_n we_o est_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr descendens_fw-la tot_fw-la millia_fw-la juberet_fw-la occidi_fw-la august_n contra_fw-la literas_fw-la petiliani_fw-la li._n 2._o c._n 86._o saul_n &_o jehosaphat_n reges_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la populi_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la iis_fw-la quos_fw-la deus_fw-la oderat_fw-la praestiterunt_fw-la dei_fw-la offensam_fw-la in_o opere_fw-la pietatis_fw-la incurrerunt_fw-la e_o contrario_fw-la phinehas_n filiique_fw-la levi_n gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la humanâ_fw-la caede_fw-la &_o suorum_fw-la parricidio_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la hierom._n the_o same_o 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