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P. 30. Whereas thou fay'ft the Bre thren, Godly, &c. rode out with the Sifters, Helpers, &c. I do confefs, thank, acknowledge their Loving-kindness therein; and if they did Evil in fticking Refemary and Bays upon their Veffels, Bodies, outward Folks, as thou fay'ft, against the Doctrine and Difcipline of the Presbyterian Church, it is no more than the Members, Tools, Limbs of the Devil and thy Synagogue did to the Patriarch Patron, and Founder of their James Naylor, whom they exalted above his Brethren upon an Afs, and ran bare before both, against the fundamental, known establish'd Rule, Canon, Conftitution, of their diforderly Order. See The Buckle of the Canonical Girdle turn'd, p. 63. The Quaker Quaf'd, p. 4.

Whereas thou fay'ft my Works are bound up in Hat-cafes, &c. If thou would't but buy one of those, and put thy Hat therein, it would operate upon, and inftil into thy Noddle, fconce Logger-head more Senfe Reafon, Understanding, and teach thee better Manners than to keep it on before a Court of Juftice; by which thou doft but fhew, declare,

declare, demonftrate, that thou haft a Crack, Flaw, soft Place in thy Skull; and in that refpect art very careful to keep it warm, left thy fickly Brains (if thou haft any) fhould take cold. And as for thofe Chandlers and Haberdashers of fmall Wares, &c. which thou fay'ft have undertaken to oppofe, anfwer, confute me: Verily, they will find it a harder Task than they are aware of, for I have already Written, Printed, Publifhed 160 odd Works, Books, Labours; and before they have done with thofe, do not doubt to have as many more in a readiness, and to find Imployment, Work, Bufinefs enough for them all; as long as Church and State can furnish, ftore, fupply me with Subject Matter. Provided I may have process enough to carry on the Work, and can but procure, induce, engage our Presbyterian Brethren, the Nonconformists, to help, aid and affift me, which (it being fo much for their own Advantage, In tereft, Concernment, and they having at prefent nothing else to do) I do not doubt to obtain.

Will. Prynne.

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OF all the Factions in the Town,

(Wheels, Mov'd by the French Springs or Flemish None treads Religion upside down, Or tears Pretences out at Heels, Like Splaymouth with his brace of Caps Whofe Confcience might be fcan'd perBy the dimensions of his Chaps. (haps

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He whom the Sifters fo adore, Counting his Actions all divine, Who when the Spirit hints can roar, And if occafion ferves can whine ; Nay, he can below, bray or bark, Way ever fike a Beauk-learn'd Clerk, That fpeak all Linguas of the Ark.

III.

To draw in Profelites like Bees,

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With pleafing twangs he tones his Profe;
He gives his Hankerchief a fqueeze,
And draws John Calvin thro' his Nofe
Motive on Motive he obftrudes,
With flip-ftocking Similitudes,
Eight Ufes more, and fo concludes,

IV.

When Monarchy began to bleed, And Treason had a fine new Name;

When

When Thames was balderdafh'd with

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And Pulpits did like Beacons flame; When Jeroboam's Calves were rear'd, And Laud was neither lov'd nor fear'd This Gofpel-Comer first appear'd.

V.

Soon his unhallow'd Fingers ftrip'd His Sovreign Liege of Power and Land: And having fmote his Master, flip'd His Sword into his Fellow's Hand: But he that wears his Eyes may note, Oft-times the Butcher binds a Goat, And leaves his Boy to cut her Throat.

VI.

Poor England felt his Fury then Outweigh'd Qu. Mary's many Grains; His very Preaching flew more Men, Than Bonner's Faggots, Stakes and (Chains.

With Dog-Star Zeal and Lungs like (Boreas,

He

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