Religion
Epigram 17: The Pope hath charge of heauens immortall
From The Sculler (1612)
Religion
The Pope hath charge of heauens immortall keyes,
And triple-headed Cerberus obeyes,
His triple Crowne, and who so ere he please,
He to hell for paine, or heauen for ease.
He can commaund the Angells and the Fiends,
What pleases them for him or for his friends,
Like as a dog doth feare a flitch of bacon,
So his great name, Heauen, Earth, and Hell hath shaken.
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