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The quality of mercy is not strain'd, If droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place bencath; it is twice blest; it blesseth him that gives & him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than the crown; - His sceptre shows the force of temp'ral power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread & fear of kings; Eut mercy is above the sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the heart of kings; It is an attribute to God himself, & earthly power doth then show likest God's When merey seasons justice.
SHAKESPEARE.
Aho ! Shrutgyanam
