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Perseverance, 570: Mary, felaw, gramercy! Guy of Warwick, 
6997: Syr, sche seyde, gramercye! . 
mercy. Meaning thanks. See gramercy above. 
Coventry Plays, x: A! mercy! mercy! mercy! Lord, we crye, 
The Blysayd of God we se art thou. (The bishop is thankful 
because Joseph’s rod buds.) Coventry, x, stage direction for 
above example: Et clamant omnes “mercy! mercy!” 
God a mercy, godamercy. Meaning thank you! Equivalent to 
God reward you! See gramercy, above. 
Digby Plays, Mary Magdalene, 619: Jesus: god a mercy, 
symont (Simon), pat pou wylt me knowe! Digby, the same, 
958, Rex: now godamercy; berel brytest of bewte! Magnyfy- 
cence, 1313: God haue mercy, good godfather! Nativity: God 
have mercy, Joseph, my husband so meek! 
IX. Adoration, Praise 
In expressing a supreme emotion, interjections are few in 
number. Besides the ecclesiastical ave and the vernacular hail, 
there are found only natural exclamations combined with de- 
scriptive phrases showing an exalted mood. 
a. For discussion, cf. 4! expressing sorrow, in III above. 
Wisdom, 77: A, soueren Wysdom, sanctus sanctorum! 
Wisdom, 83: A! soueren joy, my hertis affyance! York Plays, 
i, 41: A! mercyfull maker, full mekill es pi mighte. York, 
i, 121: A! lorde, louid be thi name. York, iii, 61: A, blissed 
lorde! York, viii, 41, Noe: A! lorde, I lowe be lowde and still. 
ave. Expresses adoration in salutation. For discussion and ex- 
amples, see ave in greeting, XII below. 
hayle. Like ave, expresses adoration in greeting Cf. XII, below. 
0. Expresses adoration. See, also, O, expressing astonishment, 
in I; terror, in I1; lamentation, in III; impatience, in IV; and 
its use with the vocative, XXI. 
Wisdom, 69: O, worthy spowse, and soueren fayer. Wais- 
dom, 74: O creator, louer of yowur creatur? Wisdom, 93: 
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