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	king_n	932	5	3.5183	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43876	An Historical account of the most remarkable transactions betwixt the Duke of Savoy and the French King contained in several letters pass'd betwixt them before the rupture / translated from the original French copies.	Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732.; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.	1690 (1690)	Wing H2097; ESTC R4787	20,955	37

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