Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	commit_v	great_a	sin_n	5,813	5	5.3912	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09707	The historie of Eurialus and Lucretia. Written in Latine by Eneas Sylvius; and translated into English by Charles Allen, Gent; De duobus amantibus Eurialo et Lucrecia. English	Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.; Aleyn, Charles, d. 1640.	1639 (1639)	STC 19973; ESTC R40110	35,474	140

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