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hat in the other. At the end of all is this humorous little poem. THE ECHO. Now, Echo, on what's religion grounded? _Round-head!_ Whose its professors most considerable? _Rabble!_ How do these prove themselves to be the godly? _Oddly!_ But they in life are known to be the holy, _O lie!_ Who are these preachers, men or women-common? _Common!_ Come they from any universitie? _Citie!_ Do they not learning from their doctrine sever? _Ever!_ Yet they pretend that they do edifie: _O fie!_ What do you call it then, to fructify? _Ay._ What church have they, and what pulpits? _Pitts!_ But now in chambers the Conventicle; _Tickle!_ The godly sisters shrewdly are belied. _Bellied!_ The godly number then will soon transcend. _End!_ As for the temples, they with zeal embrace them. _Rase them!_ What do they make of bishop's hierarchy? _Archie!_[117] Are crosses, images, ornaments their scandall? _All!_ Nor will they leave us many ceremonies. _Monies!_ Must even religion down for satisfaction? _Faction!_ How stand they affected to the government civil? _Evil!_ But to the king they say they are most loyal. _Lye all!_ Then God keep King and State from these same men. _Amen_! ORTHOGRAPHY OF PROPER NAMES. We are often perplexed to decide how the names of some of our eminent men ought to be written; and we find that they are even now written diversely. The truth is, that our orthography was so long unsettled among us, t
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