The Last will and testament of Father Petre's

The Last will and testament of Father Petre's

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THE Laſt Will and Teſtament OF Father Petre's.

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THE Laſt Will and Teſtament OF Father Petre's.

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[1]

IN his Holineſs's Name,

With Amen I proclaim

My Laſt Will and Teſtament following;

Who in Body am Well,

But in Mind monſtrous Ill,

While in diſmal Deſpair I am wallowing.

[2]

My Soul I bequeath

To the Regions beneath,

It has long to the Devil been due;

To be tortur'd with Pain

Worſe than I did ordain

To inflict on the Heretick Crew.

[3]

My Body a Pledge

I give to the Sledge,

To ride on't to Tyburn in State;

And there in a Cart

Before I depart

All my Villainous Actions relate.

[4]

When the Rout I've harrangu'd,

To ſubmit to be Hang'd,

And e're Dead to be Cut down, and Quarter'd;

While each Blockhead and Whore

Dips a Clout in my Gore,

To proclaim to the World I am Martyr'd.

[5]

My Politick Head,

With my Quarters, when dead,

Each one to be Perch'd on a Pole;

Thus by Prophetick Spirit,

According to Merit,

I've diſpos'd of my Body and Soul.

[6]

And next, I declare,

Not to mention an Heir,

My Executor wholly and full;

That hopeful young Spark,

Though at preſent i'th' dark,

Yet will ſhine like the Moon at the full.

[7]

My Funeral Charge,

As it will not be large,

So 'twill take up leſs room in my Will,

But was it much more,

Since I dye on this ſcore,

He'll never be troubled with Bill.

[8]

It may do the Youth good,

For all his High Blood,

'Tis full Threeſcore Thouſand compleat;

As 'twas gain'd by a Fool,

So I leave't to a Tool,

While the Church and Relations I cheat.

[9]

My Books, though not many,

For I never lov'd any,

He may keep for his private occaſions;

They're of Riddles and Dreams,

From whence I took Themes

To furniſh my ſelf with Orations.

[10]

The reſt of my Stuff,

Since he has enough,

I bequeath to a pretty young Sinner,

'Twill furniſh a Room,

To practiſe at home,

And encourage a hopeful Beginner.

[11]

I'll not give him the trouble

To pay the Prieſts double,

To pray me from Purgatory;

For that, like the reſt

Of our Creed, is a Jeſt,

Juſt as true as the Song of John Dory.

[12]

For if there's a Hell,

I deſerve it ſo well,

I need not deſpair of the Place;

And none but an Aſs

Will believe that the Maſs

Can ever reſtore him to Grace.

[13]

I confeſs there are Fools

Which our Church daily gulls,

And particularly with this Notion,

Who when they do pray,

Know not one word they ſay,

'Tis their Ignorance helps their Devotion.

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But I'm wide of my Text,

Being damnably vext,

To ſee how we Jeſuits are fool'd;

And your Proſpect of Peace

Does my Torments increaſe

More than loſing my Life and my Gold.

[15]

On our Brotherhood all

May my laſt Bleſſing fall,

And on every Monk, Fryer, and Prieſt;

May they, e're 'tis too late,

Partake of my Fate,

And become every Heretick's jeſt.

[16]

I wou'd have enlarg'd,

But my Conſcience diſcharg'd,

I'll here make an end of my Sermon;

And wiſh all this throng

May be damn'd, old and young,

And ſo drive away, honeſt Carman.

§

LONDON, Printed in the Year 1688.

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The Last will and testament of Father Petre's

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1688

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