Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	concern_v	error_n	great_a	22	3	2.0949	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36708	Tyrannick love, or, The royal martyr a tragedy, as it is acted by His Majesties servants, at the Theatre Royal / by John Dryden ...	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1670 (1670)	Wing D2393; ESTC R4038	44,397	77

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