Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	redeem_v	2,282	5	9.7794	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01514	The poesies of George Gascoigne Esquire; Hundreth sundrie flowres bounde up in one small poesie	Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577.	1575 (1575)	STC 11636; ESTC S102875	302,986	538

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