The true spirit and elixir of cant This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06289 of text R185734 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T3100). 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. 2 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 B06289 Wing T3100 ESTC R185734 52612472 ocm 52612472 179695 2240879237

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06289) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179695) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2796:33) The true spirit and elixir of cant 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for information of distemper'd Protestants, [London] : 1684. Caption title. Place of publication from Wing. Imperfect: tightly bound with some loss of text. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Dissenters, Religious -- England -- 17th century -- Humor. Religious satire, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The true spirit and elixir of cant. At the sign of the Groaning Board in Plot-Alley in Equity-street, there lives an eminent Scotch doctor, student in [no entry] 1684 1 325 30 0 0 0 0 0 923.08 F The rate of 923.08 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Sampled and proofread 2008-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The TRUE Spirit and Elixir OF CANT .

●T the Sign of the Groaning-Board in Plot-Alley in Equity - 〈…〉 street , there lives an Eminent Scotch DOCTOR , Student ● in Schism and Sedition , and a Well-wisher to the Good Old 〈…〉 visius all sick persons , writes all manner of Lives , and 〈…〉 y at very reasonable Rates .

〈…〉 & Assistance of Satan , he can infallibly cure the sound 〈…〉 of the Church of England , which he calls a Popish Disease : 〈…〉 and Elixir of CANT takes away all nauseous Ceremo●●●● 〈…〉 the Ring in Marriage , the Cross in Baptism , the Surplice , 〈…〉ds the Altar , and Kneeling at the Sacrament . He cuts 〈…〉 of Jesuits , extempore ; and pretends to love them as the 〈…〉 es Holy-water . This incomparable Elixir of CANT 〈…〉 ●ny thing but Despair , as several tender Consciences can 〈…〉 There are several Antichristian Quacks that pretend to ●able Spirit of CANT ; but there is no person prepares it 〈…〉 le to this Anti-Canonical DOCTOR , as may be testified 〈…〉 following persons who frequented his Church for several 〈…〉 viz. Adam Weatherly , Waterman upon the Thames ; Timothy 〈◊〉 Scavenger upon the Land ; Simon Soft , Gold-finder in the 〈…〉 ●●●se ; Nehemiah Scruple , Pin-maker at Wakefield ; Hanah 〈…〉 se , at the Brandy-shop at Wapping ; Catharine Constance , ●●●●●●bles Wife of Queenhith ; Elkanah Edifie , at the Wheelbarrow 〈…〉 against the Coach and Horse in Puddle-Dock .

〈…〉 to be heard every Sunday - morning at his Conventicle in Equity - 〈…〉 street , from Nine of the clock till Twelve ; and from Two till 〈…〉 Five in the Afternoon . There is likewise a Back-door for those 〈…〉 that are scrupulous of coming there .

Printed for Information of Distemper'd Protestants , 1684.