Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	wise_a	word_n	worldly_a	43	3	7.5638	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54415	The royal martyr, or, The history of the life and death of King Charles I	Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673.; White, Robert, 1645-1703.	1676 (1676)	Wing P1601; ESTC R36670	150,565	340

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