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	praise_n	6,095	5	8.0007	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96829	The womens petition, to the Right Honorable, his Excellency, the most noble and victorious Lord General Cromwell. The humble petition of many thousands of the the poor enslaved, oppressed and distressed men and women in this land, who by these their subscribed representators, most humbly complaining.		1651 (1651)	Wing W3332; Thomason 669.f.16[30]; ESTC R211403	1,781	1

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