Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	horse_n	regiment_n	troop_n	1,031	5	8.9333	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59105	The antiquities of Palmyra containing the history of the city, and its emperors, from its foundation to the present time : with an appendix of critical observations on the names, religion, and government of the country and a commentary on the inscriptions lately found there.	Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705.	1696 (1696)	Wing S2448; ESTC R2998	159,551	445

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conqueror_n mercy_n who_o receive_v they_o with_o all_o kindness_n and_o take_v care_n they_o shall_v not_o suffer_v any_o damage_n chap._n xxv_o thus_o be_v that_o proud_a city_n emulous_a of_o the_o glory_n of_o old_a rome_n reduce_v under_o the_o power_n of_o aurelian_a who_o have_v possess_v himself_o of_o all_o the_o treasure_n and_o rich_a movable_n of_o it_o return_v to_o emesa_n and_o there_o sit_v in_o judgement_n on_o zenobia_n and_o her_o accomplice_n for_o the_o army_n be_v ready_a to_o mutiny_v and_o petition_v that_o she_o that_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o their_o hardship_n shall_v be_v execute_v but_o aurelian_a who_o have_v a_o grand_a esteem_n for_o her_o courage_n and_o other_o heroical_a qualification_n and_o who_o can_v not_o have_v forget_v the_o merit_n of_o her_o husband_n odenathus_n and_o his_o great_a service_n who_o support_v the_o sink_a empire_n in_o the_o east_n and_o preserve_v it_o from_o utter_a ruin_n think_v it_o beneath_o the_o courage_n 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