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CANTO II.] And have not two saints power to use A greater privilege than three Jews? The court of conscience, which in man Should be supreme and sovereign, Is't fit should be subordinate To ev'ry petty court i' th' state, And have less power than the lesser, To deal with perjury at pleasure? Have its proceedings disallow'd, or Allow'd, at fancy of Pie-powder? Tell all it does, or does not know, For swearing ex officio? Be forc'd t' impeach a broken hedge, And pigs unring'd at ''vis. franc'', pledge? Discover thieves, and bawds, recusants, Priests, witches, eves-droppers, and nuisance: Tell who did play at games unlawful, And who fill'd pots of ale but half-full; And have no pow'r at all, nor shift, To help itself at a dead lift?