Reflections upon the Catholick ballad. Pope, Walter, d. 1714. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B28842 of text R226350 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 6KB 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 B28842 Wing R725 Interim Tract Supplement Guide Lutt.III[107] ESTC R226350 ocm99886673

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 eng Pope, Walter, d. 1714 -- The Catholick ballad: or An invitation to popery -- Early works to 1800. Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800 Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century. eebo Reflections upon the Catholick ballad. . Pope, Walter, -1714. 1675 1 928 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.78 C The rate of 10.78 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-09 Sampled and proofread 2014-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
REFLECTIONS UPON The Catholick Ballad . SInce Drolling is grown , such a Trade in the Town , That the Press goes without a Corrector ; Sirs , have at your Sins , Here 's a Gamester begins , Who Rhimes at the Rate of a Hector . That ( What do ye call it ? ) The Catholick Ballad , Where Puns hang like Pebbles in Halter : 'Mongst many that read it , it gain'd so much Credit , It may pass for a COFFE-HOUSE Psalter . Mens Humours , alas ! are come to that pass ; He writes best , who scribles most fouly , With Sots and Buffoons , such paltry Lampoons Please better than Dryden or Cowly . 't is the Subject that takes , and the Matter that makes The thing sell , not the Skill of the Songster : But that impudent Whore , who befould Lilly's Door , Is not more unknown than this Youngster . Some would ha 't a Divine , a old Friend of mine , But , if so , surely 't had been more witty , And that Son of the Kirk , would have given a vile jerk To the Mass-men for Firing the City . But this Bonny Blade , to his Muse calls for Aid , Who brings him her Lap full of Meeters : He that hears them would swear , such Doggerel Gear Dropt down from the Scull of Hugh Peters . Ridiculous Niget , to scoff at St. Bridget , Saying , He needs not her Assistance , But he that will Fool , with a Romish Edge-tool , Had need keep himself at a Distance . Let the Citizens flout , and the Country cry out , The Papists appeal from this Sentence , And say , 't is not fair , the Porphiry Chair Should be judg'd by the Stool of Repentance . If some will averr , the Pope cannot err , No Reason to Laugh at their Folly , When not one Quaker of ten , but believes William Penn A●●nfallible , and twice as Holy . I mean William Penn , that Wonder of Men , ( If himfelf be not over-conceited ) Who leads in his Lines , one and twenty Divines , Like Bears to the Stake to be baited . Yet I 'le not perswade , to the Rosary Trade , For can I do any thing Madder ? Than to bid you Adieu , like a Tike in a Teugh , And Dye with a slip from a Ladder . But , if you 'l bewitch , the World and grow rich , I advise you to Quaking or Dipping , Or the sanctifi'd Snivelling , that kind of Mock Deviling 't is better than Fasting and Whipping . They 'l not be content , to be curb'd by a Lent , Good People , I 'le tell ye the Reason , Their work must go on , both now and anon , For Sedgwicking's n'er out of Season . And when they transgress , they scorn to Confess , Which is a Popist Intrusion , They think to Rebel , and not go to Hell , For want of an Absolution . For in such a case , the King's Act of Grace , Is the best Cure that ever was heard on : Which Jolly old SMEC may sweer by his neck , Is more sweet than a Catholick Pardon . If they have got there , Saint Peter's old Chair , Let 'em keep it , 't is pity to wrong 'em , When our nimble Sprites , that talk of new lights , Have Judas his Lantern among ' em . He shall preach that 's no Priest , and hunt Anti-christ Quite thorough the Revelation . Whilst we take the Church , and throw 't out at the Porch , Oh , Politick Reformation ! The Box at the Door , that holds Alms for the Poor , Is an Eye-sore to our Spirit , For in it there lurks , the Doctrine of Works , That Men may be sav'd by their Merit . The Communion Table , we 'l quickly disable , And the Font that looks like an old Roman , All down shall be thrown , but the Pulpit alone , And the Pulpit it self shall be common . Our Coblers shall teach , and our Weavers shall preach , Things fit for the Hang man or Printer : Nay ( more than all this ) every Malepert Cis Shall bolt Motives as loud as the Hinter . For there 's but one way , their Tongues to allay , Accustomed to speak what they please-a . Then if thon wouldst know ( man ) how to silence a woman Thou maist learn of Basiolo tacebit imo . Anglice , Kiss her A — to quiet her . Theodore Beza . The stout spirit Byard , will never be Tyr'd , In the work of the Day he 's grown Bolder , Than the Long-bearded Clerk , who carry'd the Mark Of his Martyrdom upon his Shoulder . Much more might be say'd , but that I 'm afraid Of awaking the Wasps of the Nation : Let thus much of Rhime , suffice for this Time , Without Use or Application .

London , Printed for E. T. and are to be sold in Little-Britain . 1675.