Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	general_n	horse_n	regiment_n	1,584	5	9.8958	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88073	A declaration of His Excellency the Earle of Leven: concerning the rising of the Scotish army from the seige of the city of Hereford. Published by authority.	Leven, Alexander Leslie, Earl of, 1580?-1661.	1645 (1645)	Wing L1810; Thomason E301_8; ESTC R200265	3,505	11

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