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	let_v	lord_n	11,926	5	6.3381	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85022	Life out of death a sermon preached at Chelsey, on the recovery of an honourable person. By Thomas Fuller. B.D.	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1655 (1655)	Wing F2450; Thomason E1441_3; ESTC R200924	9,450	31

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