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[ 20 ] ways about me when at home, my ſweet croſs upon my dear breaſt, bound to my beſt button hole. T. And what means of worſhip did you perform by that: P. Why I adore my croſs, the Pope and their prieſts and curſes ver as black-as a crow, and ſwore myſelf t thrunk againſt all proteſtants and Engliſh Karkmen. T. And that is the matter but you would be a church of England man, or a Scots Preſbyterian unſelf? P. Becauſe it is unatural for an Irishman; but had ſhaint Patrick been a Preſbyterian I had been the ſame. T For what reaſon would you be a Preſbterian than Pady? P. Becauſe they out fle ſh in Lent, and every thing lovely to the belly. T. Wh Pady, are you ſuch a lover of f o l that you would change your pofeſſion for it? P. O yes, that's what I would, I love fluſh of it kinds ſheeps beef, ſwines mutton, hares fleſh, hens veniſon but our religion is one of the hungriest in the world, oh, but it makes my teeth to weep and my belly to water, when I ſee the Scots Churchmen, and Engliſh Preſbyterians in the time of Lent, feeding upon bulls baſtards and ſheeps young children. T. Why, Pady do you ſay that bulls gets baſtards P. Arra dear ſhoy, I never ſaw the cow and her huſband all the days of my life, or before I wa born going to the church to be married, and what can his ſins be but baſtards. T. O Pady, Pady, the cow is a cow, and ſo are ou, but what reward will you get when you are dead, for puniſhing your belly ſo, when you are alive? P. By ſhaint Patrick, I will live like a k ng when I a lend, for I will neither pay for me nor drink. T. What, Pady, do you think that you are to co e live again after you are dead? I Yes, that is true, we Roman Catholics will live long after we are dead, when we die in love with the prieſt and the good ſhaints of our profeſſion I What aſſurance can your prieſts give you of that? P. Arra,