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The Pilgrims | [nb: missing text pulled from published copy] | ||
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The Pilgrims & the Pease | |||
A True Story by Peter Pindar | |||
A Brace of Sinners for no good | A Brace of Sinners for no good | ||
[ | [We]re ordered to the Virgin Mary's shrine | ||
[ | [Who] at Loretto, dwelt in wax, stone, wood | ||
[An]d in a fair white wig, look | [An]d in a fair white wig, look wondrous fine. | ||
[Fifty] long miles had those sad rogues to travel | |||
[ | [With] something in their shoes much worse than gravel: | ||
[short | [In] short their toes so gentle to amuse | ||
[ | [The] Priest had order'd pease into their shoes. | ||
[ | [A no]strum famous in Old Popish times | ||
purifying souls that stink of crimes: | [For] purifying souls that stink of crimes: | ||
A sort of apostolic Salt | A sort of apostolic Salt | ||
That Popish parsons for its | That Popish parsons for its powers exalt, | ||
keeping souls of Sinners sweet | [For] keeping souls of Sinners sweet | ||
] as our Kitchen Salt does meat. | [Just] as our Kitchen Salt does meat. | ||
] Knaves set out on the same day | [The] Knaves set out on the same day | ||
]ase in their shoes, to go and pray: | [Pe]ase in their shoes, to go and pray: | ||
But very different was their speed [ | But very different was their speed I wot: | ||
]of the Sinners gallopd on, | [One] of the Sinners gallopd on, | ||
] | [Swi]ft as a bullet from a gun | ||
The other | The other limp'd, as if he had been shot. | ||
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[nb: missing text pulled from published copy]
The Pilgrims & the Pease A True Story by Peter Pindar
A Brace of Sinners for no good [We]re ordered to the Virgin Mary's shrine [Who] at Loretto, dwelt in wax, stone, wood [An]d in a fair white wig, look wondrous fine. [Fifty] long miles had those sad rogues to travel [With] something in their shoes much worse than gravel: [In] short their toes so gentle to amuse [The] Priest had order'd pease into their shoes. [A no]strum famous in Old Popish times [For] purifying souls that stink of crimes: A sort of apostolic Salt That Popish parsons for its powers exalt, [For] keeping souls of Sinners sweet [Just] as our Kitchen Salt does meat.
[The] Knaves set out on the same day [Pe]ase in their shoes, to go and pray: But very different was their speed I wot: [One] of the Sinners gallopd on, [Swi]ft as a bullet from a gun The other limp'd, as if he had been shot.