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CANTO II.] 'Tis ethnique and idolatrous, From heathenism deriv'd to us. Does not the whore of Bab'lon ride Upon her horned beast astride, Like this proud dame, who either is A type of her, or she of this? Are things of superstitious function Fit to be us'd in gospel sun-shine? It is an antichristian opera Much us'd in midnight times of popery; A running after self-inventions Of wicked and profane intentions; To scandalize that sex for scolding, To whom the saints are so beholden. Women, who were our first apostles, Without whose aid w' had all been lost else; Women, that left no stone unturn'd In which the Cause might be concern'd; Brought in their children's spoons and whistles, To purchase swords, carbines, and pistols: Their husbands, cullies, and sweethearts, To take the saints' and church's parts;