"'twere" meaning in English

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          "text": "I had been glad if 'twere us but not them.",
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          "text": "You drink wine as 'twere water!",
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          "text": "To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself.",
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          "text": "Then he came down rejoicing and said, \"I have seen what seemeth to be a city as 'twere a pigeon.\"",
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