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N this firlt Aeglogue, under the perfons of two fhepheardes Piers and Palinode,be reprefented two formes of pastoures or Ministers,or the Protestant and the Catholique: whofe chiefe talke ftandeth in reafoning, whether the life of the one muft bee

Like the other with whom haning fhewed, that it is daungerous to maintaine any fellowfbid,or giue too much credit to their co- lourable and fayned good-will,he tellethhim atale of the Foxe, ' that by fuch a counterpoint of craftines deceined and denoured the credulous kidde. | ‘ Palinede

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