MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS. 345 bonds and labours of rhyme and metre, by a mere imitation of the next thirty lines in prose. 5 Under the name and habit of the church, Under the countenance and clothing of a sheep, It became the most savage and rampant Plunderer and waster of human so. ciety, Made fearful inroads on all civil commerce, And left religious liberty expiring. 6 A warrior well furnish'd With all arts politic and polite, With the knotty embarrassments of criticism, The hampering chains and subtleties of logic, And the javelins of pen and tongue, With the roaring ordnance of coun- cils and canons. And all the artillery of the schools and gown. 4 Fury, hatred and mischief, Love of this world, pride and disdain, With perjuries, falsehoods, and pious frauds, And raging party -zeal, Were its necessary and everlasting attendants. High encomiums and endless ap- plause Of guides infallible, and faith im- plicit, Of hereditary and divine right, Of unlimited power and passive obedience To tyrant priests and kings, With the immortal praise and merit Of stupid ignorance, and blind sub. mission, Were heralds to prepare its way. 8 Trines, and tricks, and solemn fool. arias, Legends and silly tales, Old abnanacks, and mouldy musty relics, Sweepingsof ancient tombs, Vows, pilgrimages, charms and con- secrations, Rites obsolete, and novel ceremonies Both decent and indecent, Monkish vows, and superstitious austerities, With words of sacerdotal absolutism, A sacerdotal vengeance, 5 " Bcclesim sub nomine & cultu, " Sub pelle ovina & volto, " Libertatis penitus ecclesiastime, Commercii pene civilis, " Ac societatis humanas " Iodomitus vastator & prasdo, b " Artihus politis, potiticisque, " Criticesnexibustogicæquestfophis ` Catamorum, linguasque teils, " Conciliorum,canonumque bow- bar dis, " Cmterisque gentis togatas arma- mentis " Bellator instructissimus. R Cui furor, at odium, ac nefas, Fastusque ac seculi amor, Perjuria, pimque fraudes, ` Truculenta partium stadia, ` lmplici[as lidei, tyrannidisque, Ohsequii proinde passivi, " Ignoranti:e ac morim encomia Comites fuerunt solenues, 8 " Cui nugte, tricteque, calenda, ` Quisquilim, dirm, exequimque, " Bolita minantes, Sç bruta fulmina, " Vota sacrilega, ac legendm, Jecnr theologirum, bilingue Aspera roque ac atra, " Pompre theatrules, ritnsque " Obsoleti simul & decentes, ' Cordi fuere & cibo, VOL. IX. 7i
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