Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n
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A68937
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Sions elegies. Wept by Ieremie the prophet, and periphras'd by Fra. Quarles; Bible. O.T. Lamentations. English. Quarles. Paraphrases.
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Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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STC 2783; ESTC S102348
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