Te Karere . THE MESSENGER. ®s .**fT I Mercy I \\ \\ a m Ml A KESP1 \\i\ ///<• quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. lis mightiest in tin- mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: 11 is sceptre shoiVS the force oj temporal powei . The attribute to awe ami majesty. Wherein doth sit the dread and tear of kings; Hut mercy is above this sceptred sway— // w enthroned in ihe hearts of kings, ft is an attribute to God himself; And earthly pow

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Te Karere . THE MESSENGER. ®s .**fT I Mercy I \\ \\ a m Ml A KESP1 \\i\ ///<• quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. lis mightiest in tin- mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: 11 is sceptre shoiVS the force oj temporal powei . The attribute to awe ami majesty. Wherein doth sit the dread and tear of kings; Hut mercy is above this sceptred sway— // w enthroned in ihe hearts of kings, ft is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likes! Gods, 11 hen mercy seasons justice. f Venice. )

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