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	retreat_n	1,667	5	10.6575	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82270	The decoy: or, A practice of the Parliaments, by the perfidie of the Earle of Holland, to discover and destroy the loyall party: manifested by the whole conduct of the designe wherein the Lord Duke of Buckingham, the Earle of Peterbrorough, and the Lord Francis lately ingaged. And the manner and causes of the defeat given unto their party at Kingston, described.		1648 (1648)	Wing D805; Thomason E453_40; ESTC R204967	4,316	8

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