Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	endure_v	king_n	smite_v	4,749	5	12.4275	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00005	Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...; Saint Albans chronicle.	Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. Polycronicon. English. Selections.; Trevisa, John, d. 1402.	1515 (1515)	STC 10000; ESTC S106695	471,876	302

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