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_v	1,100	5	12.0493	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25264	An Account of the great success and victory that the garison in Sligo has obtained over the Irish army, Friday the 20th of September, 1689 together with the exact quantity of the late king's stores of powder and ammunition, and the condition of the Irish in general, with the arrival of some horse from Scotland.		1689 (1689)	Wing A298; ESTC R14434	1,877	2

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