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-the Indexes of thy Books, and wherefoever thou findeft any thing of Quake, Tremble and Shake, from the motion of the Heavens to the wagging of a Dogs-tail, thou appliest it right or wrong unto Us; and that it may feem to be to fome purpose, thou doft always print it in CAPITAL LETTERS, becaufe fuch were heretofore, to very good purpofe, imprinted on thy Cheeks by the Miniftration of that Son of Betial, the Executioner. But I cannot understand how thou, or thy Rabble of Saints, could anfwer the Churche's for committing the abominahle Sin of Bays and Rofemarinefs, which they had before, and have fince so often condemned; for if it be Idolatrous and Superftitious (as they have determined) to ftick thofe Creatures in the Windows of Steeple-houses, much more must it be on their own Veffels. All that they have (in my Opinion) to say for themfelves, is, that they ferv'd thee up (like a Weftphalia Ham) with Bays, as thou art a Pagan Poet, according to the profane Cuftom of thy Forefathers the Heathen; tho' he that has the patience to read thy vile untunable Ditties,

will rather take thee for an Irish Ratcatcher, that is faid to Rhime Vermin to Death, than the English Prudentius or Robert Wisdom Junior, as fome of thine own Tribe ftile thee, according to the Flesh; for thou doft abuse Scripture moft unconscionably, against its own express command, in cafting Holy Things into Doggerel, which is worfe and more abominable than unto Dogs ; and this thou performeft fo dully, that fome of the Virtuofo's have been pużzled to find out the reason of it, till they were informed, that when thou writeft, thou dost use always to set a Death's Head on the Desk before thee, as one Campannello a Popish Frier is faid to have done the Pictures of those to whom he intended to addrefs his Writings; and found it moft certain, upon feveral Experiments, that the Perfon to the Refemblance of whofe Countenance he could nearest force and screw his own, was always moft pleas'd with his Writings: And this they are confident is the natural reason why thy Compofitions are fo flat and dull, that they will hardly hold till the Ink is dry, and when they are printed, not one of

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an hundred will endure the Stitching, but turn to fuch homely Uses as they are most fit and proper for. Truly, William, if I were your Friend, I fhould advise you to leave this freak of the Death's Head, left the young Gentleman of the House furprise you E again, (as you know they one did at Midnight) and make you drink Health's-Sicknefs in it again on your bare Marrow-bones. But I wonder in what part of the World thy Readers five, if there are any fuch Creatures in Nature! verily, they ought to have their Shoulders grow above their Heads (like John Mandevil's People in Africk) for there is more of labour and drudgery than understanding required, and they ought to have a large measure of Patience, Long-fuffering, and Ignorance, that can endure to read one Page of thine For as in the North, the more dirty and foul the Highways are, the larger meafure they allow to their Miles; even fo doft thou to thy tedious dull Impertinencies, infomuch that fome are of Opinion, that thy Readers ought to be diered like Running Nags, before they can be in Breath

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to read thy longwinded Periods, which none but fuch as thyfelf will fubmit to; for if few Words do beft with the Wise, none of those will ever endure to have any thing to do with thee. And yet I have heard, that thou dost not a little glory, that thy Works have paft thro' all forts of Times, ( but only those wherein thy were refuted by the hand of thy old Antagonist the Hangman) without difpute or question. It is very true indeed, they are utterly incapable of Confutation, as fome Places are rendered impregnable by their barren rocky Situations, or by being fortified with Mud-walls and Ditches. He that fhould venture to encounter thee at thy own Weapon, might be faid to revive the old way of fighting with Sandbags, the true Types of thy dry disjointed Stuff; and befide, muft of neceffity cite fo many several forts of Wares from Plumbs and Sugar, to Mundungus and Ratsbane, with which thy Works are always bound up, that his Writings will be charged with Quota tions, as full and dull as thine own: But fince fo many Chandlers and Haberdashers of Small Wares have un

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dertaken to confute thee, and proceded fo far therein already, it were an Act of great Imprudence to take the Task out of their Hands who are best able to

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go through with it. And therefore I fhall leave it to them to determine, whether thou haft fubftantially and folidly prov'd the Quakers to be Jefuitical Romifh Capuchin Frogs, with Masks on their Faces, put on by the Jefuits and pull'd off by thee, as thou doft confidently undertake to perform in thy Title Page. Truly, William, I do confefs thofe Jefuits are dangerous Fellows, thou hadst beft look about thee and have a care, for it is verily believ'd by many knowing Perfons, that they have always fet thee on work no less than the Independants; and have receiv'd a better return from thy Horfe-like Drudgery, tho' thou haft no more Wit to perceive than a Fool Iras to know by what hand it is fet on work. And if they bewitched the Quakers (as thou doft confidently affirm) it is moft certain they have drawn thee into that Feat too. For if it be true, as fome carnal Learned Men aver, that Witches fetch the materials of their

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