Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	good_a	sin_n	sinner_n	3,410	5	7.5691	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03564	Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called the Lucydarye; Elucidarius	Honorius, of Autun, ca. 1080-ca. 1156.; Chertsey, Andrew.	1523 (1523)	STC 13686; ESTC S117897	27,015	51

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