Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	bold_a	fight_v	great_a	15	3	2.0890	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44622	Caroloiades, or, The rebellion of forty one in ten books : a heroick poem.	Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.	1689 (1689)	Wing H2966; ESTC R17386	122,140	396

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