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8 and deir Vernons, and de devil know fat, will ſink, and ſtop and deſtroy our ships, leave dem 'pon de bottom of de ſeas, and never let dem put dere leg 'pon Iriſh ground more: dat de king of Spain feared for diſh, and vill pay de convention and not fight: By my ſhoul he vill fight and beat too, 'tiſh de cauſe of de holy Shurch he's defending, and de gates of hell vill never prevail againſt him. Dere vill be ſhiftance enough I'll varrant you, all de Shaints, our holy Moder Shurch, all de Scotch, and, by my ſhoul, de Virgin Mary herſhelf vill fight for us; den we vill ſucceed to be ſure, poſſeſs our rights and eſtates again, and eſtabliſh our holy religion thro' all Ireland, and I myſhelf may be Lord of Trumney, and of Lavry's-Bog, before I vaſh die yet.

But after ſo long a digreſſion, I muſt return to my explanation of Purgatory.

In de ſhecond plaſh for its ſituation; it iſh shult, my friends, in the middle between heaven and hell: from hell on one ſide by a ſmall perer vall only, but from heaven 'pon t'oder by a ſtrong vall of adamant, vid gates of braſs, of which Peter keep de key, who vash himſfelf a true Catholic, for he vash once Pope, and all our popes ever ſince are his ſucceſſors, and all deſcended froin him by a right line of eccleſiaſtick genealogy. You vill underſtand de ting better, when I vill illuſtrate her to you by de following ſimilitude, You all know Mr. Harriſon's houſe 'pon de Miravel, phen you vill go in, dere ish de parlour 'pon one hand dere