Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	grace_n	sin_n	time_n	4,447	5	3.6967	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38649	The Earle of Essex his letter to the Earle of Southampton in the time of his troubles containing many pious expressions and very comfortable for such are in any troubles, Septemb. 29, 1642.	Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601.; Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, Earl of, 1573-1624.	1642 (1642)	Wing E3306; ESTC R1764	2,418	10

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