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Section 540
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1Por.
2The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
3It droppeth as the gentle raine from heauen
4Vpon the place beneath. It is twice blest,
5It blesseth him that giues, and him that takes,
6'Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes
7The throned Monarch better then his Crowne.
8His Scepter shewes the force of temporall power,