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
A95961	Vindiciæ Carolinæ. Being a true relation of His Highnesse the Prince of Wales, His voyage at sea, since he parted from Calais in France, July 20. untill this very day, 1648.		1648 (1648)	Wing V539; Thomason E468_25; ESTC R205376	7,177	8

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