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CANTO I.] Seiz'd on his club, and made it dwindle T' a feeble distaff, and a spindle. 'Twas he made emperors gallants To their own sisters and their aunts; Set popes and cardinals agog, To play with pages at leap-frog; 'T was he that gave our senate purges, And flux'd the house of many a burgess; Made those that represent the nation Submit, and suffer amputation: And all the grandees o' th' cabal, Adjourn to tubs, at spring and fall. He mounted synod-men, and rode 'em To Dirty-lane and Little Sodom; Made 'em curvet, like Spanish gennets, And take the ring at Madam. 'Twas he that made Saint Francis do More than the devil could tempt him to;