Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	act_n	best_a	great_a	94	3	2.0987	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36816	Strange news from th' Indies, or, East-India passages further discovered	J. D. (John Darell)	1652 (1652)	Wing D251; ESTC R20900	35,635	47

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