That antichristian popery may be

Ashamed of such a proselyte as thee;

Not all thy rancour, or felonious spite,

Which animates thy lumpish soul to write,

Could ha' contrived a satire more severe,

Or more disgrace the cause thou wouldst prefer.

Yet in thy favour, this must be confest,

It suits with thy poetic genius best;

There thou——

To truths disused, mayst entertain