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And yit is sche noght merciable,

—Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins

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Merciful. That of his mercy God so merciable On us his grete mercy multiplie. Chaucer, Prioress's Tale, l. 236. To us alle bee merciable, And forʒeue us alle oure mysdede. Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 100.

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And yit is sche noght merciable, — Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
That god wol noght be merciable — Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
Bot he which is al merciable, — Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
Makth that the god is merciable, — Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins
Unto this lord was merciable, — Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins

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from Middle English mercyable, from Old French merciable, merciful, from merci, mercy: see mercy.

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