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NHG-P.767.009
30 Jan 1767:33 (539)
EPIGRAM ON THE DEATH OF A FRIAR.
A friar dy'd the other day,
And strait to hell he posts away:
He knock'd for entrance at the gate,
And wonder'd that they made him wait:
He though himself of such condition,
That they could ne'er refuse admission:
At length a page from Satan came,
and thus address'd him in his name:
Monk, you must quickly quit these borders,
We know the tenets of your orders;
Maxims that shock our whole abode;
They say on earth you eat your God!
and since above you're so uncivil,
Below no doubt you'd eat the devil.
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