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Huor
noun. Huor
Mae govannen ✦ well met
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"The quality of mercy" occurs during Act 4, Scene 1, set in a Venetian Court of Justice. The speech is regarded as one of the great speeches in Shakespeare. The text was translated by Findegil of Mellonath Daeron.
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