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    PERSONS.

  • 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.

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  • 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.