They grow too wise; ’twixt rose and garlic links detect.
Of such avail’s the subtle cunning of these men,
That honest teachers oft are made to swerve by them.
The Christian folk in him their confidence thus place.
Gregarious, like sheep, ’s the mob of every race.
A gen’ral favourite was he; all loved him well;
Christ’s vicar called they him; as who the truth could tell.50
This cursed Antichrist, so full of fraud and wile!
Grant help, O God! ’Tis Thou alone canst curb such guile.
The devil’s snares are spread abroad in tempting guise,