Devouring scribes and hungry penmen greet:—
Since his bad-tempered way Bobilloe’s showed,
And made ill use of place on him bestowed;
Began to wane men’s confidence and trust
Which, to succeed in warfare, hold chiefs must.
The Spiritual Dunciad; or, Oxford “Tracks” to Popery. A Satire with Notes and Appendix by Robert Dick, M.D., C.M. London, C. Westerton, 1859. This was a bitter attack on the Roman Catholic religion;
If by antiquity, we judge what’s true,
Why halt a Roman? Why not turn a Jew?
Our noble Luther—he did nothing more
Than pristine pureness to Christ’s truth restore,