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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See mercement.

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  • The multitud easelie inflambed, gave the alarme, [846] and so was that Abbay and Palace appointit to saccag; in doing whairof thay took no lang deliberatioun, bot committed the hole to the merciment of fyre; wharat no small nomber of us war offended, that patientlie we culd nocht speak till any that war of Dundie or Sanct Johnestoun.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

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