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Popery
As Proper as Figleaves did Suite
With Eating of Forbidden Fruite.
With Eating of Forbidden Fruite.
The Catholique Religion, for the Souls Good,
Make's no Distinction between Truth, and Falshood
And as they use to falsify a Blow
'Tis all their Art to pass upon the Fo.
Make's no Distinction between Truth, and Falshood
And as they use to falsify a Blow
'Tis all their Art to pass upon the Fo.
Infallible as the Pope made Henry th' Eighth
Defender of his Signory of Faith,
Who in a few months Provd a brave Defendant
And did his uttermost [to make] an End on't.
Defender of his Signory of Faith,
Who in a few months Provd a brave Defendant
And did his uttermost [to make] an End on't.
As Naturally as a Jesuite
To th' Gallows turn's a Zealous Proselyte.
To th' Gallows turn's a Zealous Proselyte.
As Fewest Popes, and Cardinals, and Priests
Of al Saints else, are in the Churches Lists:
And more Consecrated women, then
The Rubrique can Produce of Sainted men.
Of al Saints else, are in the Churches Lists:
And more Consecrated women, then
The Rubrique can Produce of Sainted men.
For Pasquil and Morphorius are the Sum
Of all th' Apostles modern Acts in Rome.
Of all th' Apostles modern Acts in Rome.
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As Barbers in the Church of Rome Degrade
Or shave a Priest int' Orders by his Trade.
Or shave a Priest int' Orders by his Trade.
As Papists cannot Pray to Saints, unless
Th' are Prompted to it by their Images,
Forget th' are in the Number of Mankinde
Unless th' are by a Deads head put in minde.
Th' are Prompted to it by their Images,
Forget th' are in the Number of Mankinde
Unless th' are by a Deads head put in minde.
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