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 21 d hen's veniſon ; but our religion is one of the hun- tielt in all the world, ah! but it makes my teeth to ep, and my belly to water, when I ſee the Scotch Preſbyterians, and Engliſh churchmen, in time of lent, ading upon bulls baſtards, and ſheep's young chil- dren. Tom. Why Pady, do you ſay the bull is a fornica- ir, and gets baſtards? Pady Arra dear ſhoy, I never ſaw the cow and her huſband, all the days of my life, nor before I was born, bing to the church to be married, and what then can s ſons and daughters be but baſtards ? Tom. What reward will you get when you are dead, r puniſhing your belly ſo while you are alive? Pady By ſhaint Patrick I'll live like a king when im dead, for I will neither pay for meat nor drink. Tom. What Pady, do you think that you are to ome alive again when you are dead? Pady. O yes, we that are true Roman Catholicks will live a long time after we are dead: when we die love with the Priests, and the good people of our porofeſsion. Tom. And what aſſurance can your prieſt give you of that? Pady. Arra, dear ſhoy, our prieſt is a great ſhaint, a yood ſhoul, who can repeat a pater-noiter, and Ave' Maria, which will fright the very horned devil himſelf, and make him run for it, until he be like to fall and break his neck. Tom. And what does he give you when you are dy- ng chat makes you come alive again? Pady Why he writes a letter upon our tongues, ſeal- ed with a wafer, gives us a ſacrament in our mouth, with a pardon, and direction in our right hand, who to call for at the ports of Purgatory. Tom. And what money deſigt you to give the prieſt for your pardon? Pady. Dear ſhoy, I wiſh I had frit the money she would take for it, I would rather drink it' my-