Religion
Epigram 14: The warlike Emperors before Christ come
From The Sculler (1612)
Religion
The warlike Emperors before Christ come,
Subdude the world, both sea & land to Rome.
Then afterwards the Heauens, their Bishops wonne,
By preaching truly Gods immortall sonne.
Heauen, Earth, and Sea, being taken in the prime,
What rests now for the Popes this latter time?
Since of the heauens and earth they loose their part,
They will haue hell despight the deuils hart.
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