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
A88678	An impartiall relation of the late fight at Preston. Being the copy of a letter written (as the tenour of it importeth) / by Sir Marmaduke Langdale.	Langdale, Marmaduke Langdale, Baron, 1598?-1661.; Langdale, Marmarduke Langdale, Baron, 1598-1661.	1648 (1648)	Wing L381; Thomason E464_42; ESTC R205177	2,270	6

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