Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	day_n	great_a	lord_n	9,960	5	3.9995	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43102	A true and perfect relation of the proceedings at Manchester from Snnday [sic] the 25 of September to Sonday the second of October MDCXLIJ wherein is related six severall battels fought by the inhabitants of Manchester with two thousand men against the Lord Strange now Earle of Derby and the Lord Rivers with 3000 horse and foor [sic] describing the number that was slain on both sides in each battle : declared in a letter sent / from Mr. Thomas Hawkins to Mr. Erbie ...	Hawkins, Thomas, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing H1181; ESTC R22608	6,783	17

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