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
A81837	Of peace and contentment of minde. By Peter Du Moulin the sonne. D.D.	Du Moulin, Peter, 1601-1684.	1657 (1657)	Wing D2560; Thomason E1571_1; ESTC R209203	240,545	501

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