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CANTO III.] And force all people, tho' against Their consciences, to turn saints; Must prove a pretty thriving trade, When saints monopolists are made: When pious frauds, and holy shifts, Are dispensations and gifts; There godliness becomes mere ware, And ev'ry synod but a fair. Synods are whelps o' th' Inquisition, A mungrel breed of like pernicion, 1150 [sic] And growing up, became the sires Of scribes, commissioners, and triers;