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<DATE>2008-06-06</DATE>
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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080513.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>A Ne&s;t of Nunnes Egges, &s;trangely Hatched, with the De&s;cription of a worthy Fea&s;t for Ioy of the Brood.</HEAD>
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<L>HEre <HI>Romes</HI> Religion (like a we<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">am'd <HI>Arbor</HI></L>
<L>Is &s;hewed, and how their <HI>Vermin</HI> breed &amp; Harbor:</L>
<L>For as the Branches haue no Top or Roote,</L>
<L>So <HI>Romes</HI> Religion hath nor Head or Foote.</L>
<L>And as tho&s;e winding Spraies doe twine about,</L>
<L>Heere, there, and euery where, both in and out,</L>
<L>So faire, &s;o euen, well fram'd, &s;o order-like,</L>
<L>Which doth Content to blinded &s;ences &s;trike,</L>
<L>Yet who &s;o viewes it well, &s;hall in Conclu&s;ion</L>
<L>Finde no way in or out, but all Confu&s;ion</L>
<L>which vnto vs mo&s;t plainely doth Relate</L>
<L>That all their Doctrine is mo&s;t intricate.</L>
<L>A <HI>Laborinth;</HI> a Turning winding Maze,</L>
<L>Religions Ape, and Follies onely Gaze.</L>
<L>The <HI>Black Ground</HI> of the worke re&s;embles Night,</L>
<L>To which a 3. Crown'd &s;hape giues Lanthorne <HI>light.</HI></L>
<L>While&s;t on the other &s;ide olde Bacon face,</L>
<L>(The Abbot of St. <HI>Ideots,</HI> or &s;uch place)</L>
<L>Pores wich his 4. Eyes, and expects much good,</L>
<L>From two faire <HI>Nunnes,</HI> that &s;weetly &s;it abrood,</L>
<L>Poore painefull Creatures, with Po&s;teriours bare,</L>
<L>They &s;it on <HI>Egges,</HI> with Diligence and Care,</L>
<L>And for no helpe to them &s;hall wanting bee,</L>
<L>An ancient <HI>Frier</HI> doth hold their backes you &s;ee.</L>
<L>The <HI>Abbot,</HI> and the <HI>Pope,</HI> on both &s;ides watch</L>
<L>To &s;ee what the&s;e two goodly Creatures Hatch.</L>
<L>And with much Ioy, the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e is begun,</L>
<L>One Egge brings foorth a <HI>Frier,</HI> and one a Nunne</L>
<L>Which on both &s;ides the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word">, you may perceiue</L>
<L>The Nunnes with Ioy, their brood aloft doe heaue.</L>
<L>Two Harpies, o're their heads &s;trange Ge&s;ture makes,</L>
<L>With heads like Men, and bodies, like to Snakes,</L>
<L>Shewes their Religion, hath a face diuine,</L>
<L>And each where el&s;e mo&s;t Snake-like Serpentine.</L>
<L>The <HI>Pope,</HI> and <HI>Abbots</HI> Rumpe two <HI>Squirrels</HI> beare,</L>
<L>That skip from Tree to Tree, now heere, now there,</L>
<L>Which &s;hewes, that as tho&s;e Bea&s;ts no where doth tarry,</L>
<L>So doth their Moone-like Doctrine change and varry.</L>
<L>Two gaping Fowles vpon their Backes doe &s;tand,</L>
<L>Doth &s;hew that they doe prey on Sea and Land.</L>
<L>Then <HI>Bacchus</HI> on his Tunne in &s;tate doth &s;it,</L>
<L>Arm'd with a Roa&s;ted Goo&s;e, vpon a Spit:</L>
<L>Drawne by two Clownes; and on the other &s;ide,</L>
<L>A hooded Carle doth on a Wilchin Ride,</L>
<L>And in his hand doth three broyl'd Gudgeons beare,</L>
<L>Makes ha&s;te to meet the Goo&s;e in his Carreere,</L>
<L>Drawne by an ancient <HI>Nunne</HI> and <HI>Frier,</HI> with &s;peed,</L>
<L>To fea&s;t, for Ioy of this New hatched breed.</L>
<L>The Goo&s;e and Gudgeon, Emblems are I know</L>
<L>Of &s;uch as doe the <HI>Pope</HI> obedience &s;how,</L>
<L>While&s;t all degrees, from Court vnto the Clowne,</L>
<L>Drawes dayly profit to the triple Crowne.</L>
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<P>Printed at London for <HI>J. T.</HI></P>
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