Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	great_a	lord_n	sin_n	25,125	5	5.0495	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11417	The historie of Iudith in forme of a poeme. Penned in French, by the noble poet, G. Salust. Lord of Bartas. Englished by Tho. Hudson.; Histoire de Judit. English	Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, seigneur, 1544-1590.; Hudson, Thomas, 16th/17th cent.	1584 (1584)	STC 21671; ESTC S110849	55,564	124

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