In Imitation of Hudibras The Dissenting Hypocrite, or Occasional Conformist; with reflections On Two of the Ring-Leaders, &c. Viz. I. Their Works and Writings. II. Their Professions and Principles. III. Their Qualifications and Parts. IV. Their Persons and Practices [by Edward Ward] |
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However yet, he'll boldly tell us,
Peers of the Realm are but his Fellows;
Poor little Pimps and Massanello's:
And without farther Ceremony,
They're Knaves and Cheats that only Fun ye
Out of the Peoples Lives and Coin,
E'er since the Battle of the Boyn.
But sure his Righteous Quality
Ne'er sprang from Good Morality.
For Calumny, Reproach and Scandal,
The De'il himself may hold the Candle,
To this malicious grand Impostor
Against our Sacred Pater Noster,
Which teaches Christians the forgiving
Their Trespasses to all Men living.
Peers of the Realm are but his Fellows;
Poor little Pimps and Massanello's:
And without farther Ceremony,
They're Knaves and Cheats that only Fun ye
Out of the Peoples Lives and Coin,
E'er since the Battle of the Boyn.
But sure his Righteous Quality
Ne'er sprang from Good Morality.
For Calumny, Reproach and Scandal,
The De'il himself may hold the Candle,
To this malicious grand Impostor
Against our Sacred Pater Noster,
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Their Trespasses to all Men living.
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