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
A88270	Tvvo letters from Col. Robert Lilburne. The one to the Honourable William Lenthall Esquire, Speaker of the Parliament. The other to his Excellency the Lord Generall. Containing the particulars of the totall rout and overthrow of the Earl of Derby, and the forces under his command in Lancashire on the 25 of August 1651. By the Parliament forces under the said Colonel Robert Lilburne. Imprimatur Hen. Scobel Cleric. Parliamenti.	Lilburne, Robert, 1613-1665.	1651 (1651)	Wing L2200; Thomason E640_26; ESTC R206685	3,887	8

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