Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	blood_n	cry_v	vengeance_n	2,138	5	10.8064	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03402	Histoire des larrons, or The history of theeves. Written in French, and translated out of the originall, by Paul Godwin; Histoire generale des larrons. English	Calvi, François de.; Godwin, Paul, fl. 1638.	1638 (1638)	STC 13523; ESTC S104108	74,053	330

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