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
A94692	To the supreme authority of the nation an humble petition on the behalf of many thousands of Quakers, Fifth-Monarchy men, Anabaptists, &c.		1660 (1660)	Wing T1729; Thomason 669.f.23[40]; ESTC R211557	3,098	1

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