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CANTO I.] And that both are so near of kin, And like in all, as well as sin, That, put 'em in a bag and shake 'em, Yourself o' th' sudden would mistake 'em, And not know which is which, unless You measure by their wickedness; For 'tis not hard t' imagine whether O' th' two is worst, tho' I name neither. Quoth Hudibras, Thou offer'st much, But art not able to keep touch. Mira de lente, as 'tis i' th' adage, Id est, to make a leek a cabbage; Thou canst at best but overstrain A paradox, and th' own hot brain; For what can synods have at all With bear that's analogical? Or what relation has debating Of church-affairs with bear-baiting? A just comparison still is Of things ejusdem generis: And then what genus rightly doth Include, and comprehend them both? If animal, both of its may As justly pass for bears as they; For we are animals no less, Although of diff'rent specieses. But, Ralpho, this is no fit place, Nor time, to argue out the case: For now the field is not far off, Where we must give the world a proof