Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	foot_n	horse_n	pike_n	975	5	11.2951	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B13857	Contemplations vpon the historie of the old Testament. The seuenth volume. In two bookes. By Ios. Hall D.D.; Contemplations upon the principall passages of the Holy Storie. Vol. 7	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1623 (1623)	STC 12658.5; ESTC S103672	123,026	533

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