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- Pagan, Jewish, Roman, and Mahometan Priests properly habited.
- Tyranny, in a Coat of Mail, a Gothic Crown on his Head, and Chains in his Hand.
- Imposture, a Phantom dress'd up by the Priests with a Cloak, Mask, &c.
- Truth, a beautiful Woman drest in White, with great Plainness and Simplicity.
- Liberty, drest in her Hair, with a flowing Robe, a Wand, &c.
- Zeal, has a Fool's Cap on his Head painted with Flames, a Book in his Hand which he seems to read now and then, casting up his Eyes to Heaven, and beating his Breast with great Violence.
- Persecution has an Axe in one Hand and a lighted Fireband in the other.
- Ambition is magnificently drest with Stars, Ribbons, Coronets and other Ensigns of Civil Honour, eying them often.
- Corruption has a large Bag of Money in one Hand, and a Serpent in the other.
- Philosophers in Grecian Habits.
- The Arts and the Muses from Antiquity.
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