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 (5) Chriſtians there, as a trophy of his infernal politics: And after the Chriſtian world that had run al a ſanta terra, or in English, a ſauntering about a hundred years, he drop it to play another game leſs fooliſh, but ten times more wicked than that which went before it : namely, turning the cruſades of the Chriſtians one againſt another; and, as Hudibras ſaid in another cafe, "Made them fight like mad or drunk, " For Dame religion, as for punk" Of this you have a complete account in the hiſtory of the Popes decrees against the Count de Thoulouſe and the Waldenſes and Albingenſes, with the cruſadoes and maſſacres which followed upon them; wherein, to do the Devil's politics ſome juſtice, he met with all the ſucceſs he could deſire. The zealous of that day executed his infernal orders moſt punctually, and planted religion in thoſe countries in a glorious and triumphant manner, upon the deſtruction of an infinite number of innocent people, whoſe blood has fattened the ſoil for the growth of the Catholic faith, in a manner very particular, and to Satan's full ſatis- faction. I might to complete this part of the hiſtory, give you the detail of his progreſs in the firſt ſteps of his alliances with Rome, and add a long liſt of maſſacres, wars, and expeditions in behalf of religion, which he has had the honour to have a viſible hand in ; ſuch as the Pariſian maſſacre, the Flemiſh war under the Duke d' Alva, the Smithfield fires in the Marian days in England, and the maſſacres in Ireland: all which would moſt effectually convince us, that the Devil has not been idle in his buſineſs : but I may meet with theſe again in my way; it is enough, while I am upon the generals only, to mention them thus in a Summary way. To come to a regular inquiry into Satan's affairs, it