A nest of nunnes egges, strangely hatched, with the description of a worthy feast for ioy of the brood. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04533 of text R220396 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing N467). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B04533 Wing N467 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[148] 99885007 ocm99885007 182817 2240887076

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04533) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182817) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:2[149]) A nest of nunnes egges, strangely hatched, with the description of a worthy feast for ioy of the brood. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. for J.T., Printed at London : [1680?] Date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "HEre Romes Religion (like a vve[...] ...". Imperfect: torn and repaired with loss of text. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Anti-Catholicism -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo A nest of nunnes egges, strangely hatched, with the description of a worthy feast for ioy of the brood. anon 1680 1 544 2 0 0 0 0 0 36.76 D The rate of 36.76 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-06 Sampled and proofread 2008-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Nest of Nunnes Egges , strangely Hatched , with the Description of a worthy Feast for Ioy of the Brood .

HEre Romes Religion ( like a we●●am'd Arbor Is shewed , and how their Vermin breed & Harbor : For as the Branches haue no Top or Roote , So Romes Religion hath nor Head or Foote . And as those winding Spraies doe twine about , Heere , there , and euery where , both in and out , So faire , so euen , well fram'd , so order-like , Which doth Content to blinded sences strike , Yet who so viewes it well , shall in Conclusion Finde no way in or out , but all Confusion which vnto vs most plainely doth Relate That all their Doctrine is most intricate . A Laborinth ; a Turning winding Maze , Religions Ape , and Follies onely Gaze. The Black Ground of the worke resembles Night , To which a 3. Crown'd shape giues Lanthorne light . Whilest on the other side olde Bacon face , ( The Abbot of St. Ideots , or such place ) Pores wich his 4. Eyes , and expects much good , From two faire Nunnes , that sweetly sit abrood , Poore painefull Creatures , with Posteriours bare , They sit on Egges , with Diligence and Care , And for no helpe to them shall wanting bee , An ancient Frier doth hold their backes you see . The Abbot , and the Pope , on both sides watch To see what these two goodly Creatures Hatch . And with much Ioy , the businesse is begun , One Egge brings foorth a Frier , and one a Nunne Which on both sides the 〈◊〉 , you may perceiue The Nunnes with Ioy , their brood aloft doe heaue . Two Harpies , o're their heads strange Gesture makes , With heads like Men , and bodies , like to Snakes , Shewes their Religion , hath a face diuine , And each where else most Snake-like Serpentine . The Pope , and Abbots Rumpe two Squirrels beare , That skip from Tree to Tree , now heere , now there , Which shewes , that as those Beasts no where doth tarry , So doth their Moone-like Doctrine change and varry . Two gaping Fowles vpon their Backes doe stand , Doth shew that they doe prey on Sea and Land . Then Bacchus on his Tunne in state doth sit , Arm'd with a Roasted Goose , vpon a Spit : Drawne by two Clownes ; and on the other side , A hooded Carle doth on a Wilchin Ride , And in his hand doth three broyl'd Gudgeons beare , Makes haste to meet the Goose in his Carreere , Drawne by an ancient Nunne and Frier , with speed , To feast , for Ioy of this New hatched breed . The Goose and Gudgeon , Emblems are I know Of such as doe the Pope obedience show , Whilest all degrees , from Court vnto the Clowne , Drawes dayly profit to the triple Crowne . FINIS .

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