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which he set up his own instead, with 
the following lines underit : 
Kings’ heads are hung up for a sign, 
And many a saint’s; then why not mine ? 
WONDERFUL SPRINGS. 
Pomponius Mela, in his account of 
the Canary or Fortunate Isles, gives an 
account of two wonderful springs, the 
water of one is of such a quality that it 
causes those who drink of it to die laugh- 
ing ; whilst the reverse is the nature of 
the other, which is the only remedy to 
heal those who have drank of the first; 
so that the bad qualities of the one are 
counterbalanced by the virtues of the 
other. Pomp. Mela, lib-3, cap. ii; and 
also Petrarch, in one of his canzonets; 
Ne L’jsole famose di Fortuna 
Due fonti hai ; chi di Puna, 
Bee moi ridendo ; e chi de l’altra scampa. 
Canz. 18, st. 6- 
MOCK SUNS. 
Languet and Stow relate, in their 
Chronicles, that in the year 1233, upon 
‘the 7th of April, four suns were seen be- 
sides the natural sun, (which, in those 
days of ignorance and superstiticn, were 
Original Poetry. 
[Feb 1, 
ascribed to be the forerunners of war, 
famine, pestilences, &c. &c. ) foras those 
chronicles testify, there were much strife 
and dissention stirred up between Henry 
the Third and the lords of his kingdom 5 
for the very next year England was 
wasted by fire and sword from Wales to 
Salisbury, which town was burnt soon 
after, attended witha great drought and 
pestilence. Also in the year 1460, three 
suns made their appearance but the day 
before the three Earls Edward Earl of 
March, with the Earl of Pembroke, and 
the Earl of Wiltshire, fought the great 
“battle at Mortimer’s Cross, as Stow af= 
firmeth, in which the Earl of March put 
the others to flight, with a great destruc- 
tion of their soldiers. Two more in- 
stances are also chronicled: one by Fulk 
in his Meteors, who says, thatin the year 
1526, towards the slaughter of Lewis 
the Second, King of Hungary, three 
suns marched forth, The second in- 
stance is told by Inemond, who saith, 
that in the year 1619, were three also 
seen at Lovain, in the month of May, at 
sun-risiig. 
’ 
ORIGINAL POETRY. 
te 
THE . SAINTS. 
A PARODY, 
- Sung at a Public Meeting of Friends to a Repeal 
of the Penal Laws respecting Religion. 
I. : 
"TO the angel of England, who sat in high 
glee, 
The sound Nonconformists addfest a petition, 
To cg Bia inspire mother Church them to 
ree 
From the tests that dishonour the holy reli- 
gion. 
«€ My permission you have,” was the answer 
he gave, 
~£* But such favors as those of the Saints you 
niust crave, 
€¢ And I wish you success in attempting to 
yoke 
“ The palm of Religion with Liberty’s oak.” 
IL. 
The news thro’ Empyreum incontinent flew: 
When old Peter pretended to give himself 
airs: 
« If these mortals are sufter’d their scheme 
to pursue, 
“< There c#h’t be a hierarchy left below 
Stairs, 
« Hark! already I hear, with terrified ear, 
‘¢ The church is in danger! new Cromwells 
are near ! 
¢¢ For all the Dissenters are learning to yoke 
¢¢ The palm of Religion with Liberty’s oak.” 
Il. 
‘© Thy creed, Athanasius, these men dis- 
avow, 
‘¢ And the Thirtyenine Articles read with a 
sneer. 
*¢ The episcopal bench will be tenantless 
now 5 
«¢ And the biforked mitre a foo]'s-cap appear. 
** My thunders, no fear on’t, shall soon do 
their errand, 
6¢ Tl hurl them red-hot at bold Priestley, I 
warrant, 
“© And scare his fierce crew, for thus daring 
to yoke, 
«¢ The palm of Religion with Liberty’s oak.” 
IV. 
The yellow-hair’d Andrew thensaid: “ Pry- 
thee cease, , 
«¢ Thou high-priest of the Saints, such vile 
vociferation. ~ ; 
«« Presbyterians in England, "tis true, you may 
tease 5 
6¢ But in Scotland you cannot deny them sal- 
vation, 
There 
