“Priestley and Wakefield, humble, holy men,

Give praises to his name with tongue and pen!

“Thelwall, and ye that lecture as ye go,

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And for your pains get pelted, praise Lepaux!

“Praise him each Jacobin, or Fool, or Knave,

And your cropp’d heads in sign of worship wave!

“All creeping creatures, venomous and low,

Paine, Williams, Godwin, Holcroft, praise Lepaux!

“—— and —— with —— join’d,[[327]]