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
A42063	A thanksgiving sermon for the deliverance of our King from the late intended assassination of his sacred person and of the Kingdom from the French invasion preached by Francis Gregory.	Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.	1696 (1696)	Wing G1906; ESTC R28684	8,507	28

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