"Priests were coin-proof against the Devil, they never being without money; of course, always had a cross in their pocket."—Gilpin's Beehive of the Romish Church, 1636, p. 251.
And Nash, in the Supplication of Pierce Penniless to the Devil, makes Pierce to say:
"Whereas your impious excellence hath had the poore tenement of my purse anytime this half year for your dancing schole, and he, notwithstanding, hath received no penye nor crosse for farme," &c.
And the poet Skelton says:
". . . . . . . . and in his pouche,
The Devil might dance therein for any crouche."
P. 71.
Trusting the above will be satisfactory to D. W. S., I beg to conclude, thinking, you will say I have already made "much ado about nothing."
Goddard Johnson.
Rhymes upon Places (Vol. vi. p. 281.).—Perhaps you will think the following rhymes upon places worth insertion: