Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	lord_n	sake_n	soul_n	5,943	5	5.5130	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65149	A voice to the city, or, A loud cry from heaven to London setting before her her sins, her sicknesse, her remedies.		1665 (1665)	Wing V681; ESTC R219249	10,815	18

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