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We do pray for mercy and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.
We do pray for mercy and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.
Approximate author period: c. 1590 AD · renaissance
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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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