 | Works of John Taylor the Water Poet not included in the folio volume of 1630 |  |
[These kind of Vermin swarm like Caterpillars]
These kind of Vermin swarm like CaterpillarsAnd hold Conventicles in Barnes and Sellars,
Some preach (or prate) in woods, in fields, in stables,
In hollow trees, in tubs, on tops of tables,
To the expence of many a tallow Tapor,
They tosse the holy Scripture into Vapor:
These are the Rabshekaes that raile so bitter,
(Like mungrill Whelpes of Hells infernall litter)
Against that Church that hath baptiz'd and bred them,
And like a loving mother, nurst & fed them,
With milk, with strong meats, with the bread of life,
Like a true mother, and our Saviours wife.
| Works of John Taylor the Water Poet not included in the folio volume of 1630 | |