"God-a-mercy" meaning in English

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          "extra": "an exclamation of dismay or of relief",
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          "ref": "1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:",
          "text": "Content thee, tis no matter, and Iacke Strawe godamercie,\nHerein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:\nVVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he,\nEngland would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.",
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          "ref": "c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 2:",
          "text": "Baſt[ard]. A foot of Honor better then I was,\nBut many a many foot of Land the worſe.\nWell, now can I make any Ioane a Lady,\nGood den Sir Richard, Godamercy fellow,\nAnd if his name be George, Ile call him Peter;\nFor new made honor doth forget mens names: […]",
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        "Eye dialect spelling of God have mercy: an exclamation of dismay or of relief."
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          "dismay",
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        "(obsolete) Eye dialect spelling of God have mercy: an exclamation of dismay or of relief."
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          "word": "Godamercy"
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          "ref": "1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:",
          "text": "Content thee, tis no matter, and Iacke Strawe godamercie,\nHerein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:\nVVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he,\nEngland would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.",
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          "ref": "c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 2:",
          "text": "Baſt[ard]. A foot of Honor better then I was,\nBut many a many foot of Land the worſe.\nWell, now can I make any Ioane a Lady,\nGood den Sir Richard, Godamercy fellow,\nAnd if his name be George, Ile call him Peter;\nFor new made honor doth forget mens names: […]",
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        "Eye dialect spelling of God have mercy: an exclamation of dismay or of relief."
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        "(obsolete) Eye dialect spelling of God have mercy: an exclamation of dismay or of relief."
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