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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 650 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CURTANA (a latinized See also:form of the A.-Fr. curtein, from See also:Lat. curt us, shortened) , the pointless See also:sword of See also:mercy, known also as See also:Edward the See also:Confessor's sword, See also:borne at the See also:coronation of the See also:kings of See also:England between the two pointed swords of temporal and spiritual See also:justice (see See also:REGALIA) .

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