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The Jacobite Conventicle

A Poem [by Richard Ames]
 

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For Fools are Stubborn in their Way,
As Coins are hardned by th' Allay,
And Obstinacy's ne'r so stiff,
As when 'tis in a wrong belief.

Hudibras, Part 3. Canto 2.