A nest of nunnes egges, strangely hatched, with the description of a worthy feast for ioy of the brood.

A nest of nunnes egges, strangely hatched, with the description of a worthy feast for ioy of the brood.

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A Nest of Nunnes Egges, strangely Hatched, with the Description of a worthy Feast for Ioy of the Brood.

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A Nest of Nunnes Egges, strangely Hatched, with the Description of a worthy Feast for Ioy of the Brood.

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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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Printed at London for J. T.

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A nest of nunnes egges, strangely hatched, with the description of a worthy feast for ioy of the brood.

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1680

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2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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B04533

ID [STC]

Wing N467

ID [STC]

Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[148]

ID [EEBO-CITATION]

99885007

ID [PROQUEST]

ocm99885007

ID [VID]

182817

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— A nest of nunnes egges, strangely hatched, with the description of a worthy feast for ioy of the brood.,

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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.)

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