Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	army_n	enemy_n	great_a	1,068	5	2.8750	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86110	A fevv collections for Irelands souldiers.	Haward, Lazarus.	1647 (1647)	Wing H1166; Thomason E375_19; ESTC R201351	11,321	20

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