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	sing_v	song_n	2,112	5	9.1761	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19974	A new spring of divine poetrie. I. Day. philomusus composuit - inest sua gratia parvis	Day, James, fl. 1637.	1637 (1637)	STC 6410; ESTC S109421	21,603	56

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