Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	great_a	lord_n	people_n	10,143	5	4.9759	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41869	A great and wonderful discovery, of the bloudy villains, and inhumane murtherers, committed to Newgate and other places since that great and lamentable fire, at Mr. Delaun's house in Loathbury: with the manner how they were apprehended and taken, as they were sharing of their ill-gotten goods: and a more perfect relation, touching that strange and lamentable accident; and those dear souls that perished in the flames.		1663 (1663)	Wing G1660A; ESTC R223646	2,276	10

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