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	regiment_n	3,439	5	9.9911	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06226	A true copy of a letter, from the justices of the Kingdom of Ireland, to the Privy Council of Scotland.	Cuningsbey, Thomas, fl. 1691.; Porter, Charles, Sir, d. 1696.	1691 (1691)	Wing T2615A; ESTC R185627	3,979	10

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