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slide into a non-entity. As no man can be truly 

 religious without good morals, so no man with- 

 out good morals can be in any measure religious. 

 Not that I assert religion is morality ; but mo- 

 rality is the porch that lets into the temple. 



Theoph. You paraphrase upon bells ; I won- 

 der how you miss'd bag-pipes, since the one has 

 as much the root of the matter in't as the other. 

 By these mystical metaphors, if I hit the mark, 

 you present England an emblem of Canaan, and 

 Scotland but a piece of English imitation. 



Arn. You don't hit the key right, but I per- 

 ceive England lies close siege in your bosom ; 

 however there ought to be some charity for Scot- 

 land, that so generously entertained you with 

 all sorts of varieties. 



Theoph. Scotland 'tis true has variety enough 

 to confuse and confound all the cooks in Eng- 

 land. 



Arn. All this I'll grant. 



Theoph. Then you must grant their butter but 

 little better than grease we usually grease cart- 

 wheels withal ; w r hich nauseates my palat if but 

 to think on't, or remember the hand that made 

 it up. I know there are men that have maws 

 like muck- hills, that can feed as freely upon 

 tainted flesh, as you and I upon pheasant and 

 partridge. 



Arn. What then ? 



