THE CA^ 



A Martyr 



In the Reigne of Queene Mary (at which time 

 Popery was much exalted), then were the Round- 

 heads — i. e., the monks and friars — so odious 

 to the people, that, in derision of them, was a Cat 

 taken on a Sabbath day, with her head shorne as 

 a Fryer's, and the likenesse of a vestment cast over 

 her, with her feet tied together, and a round piece 

 of paper like a singing Cake between them; and 

 thus was she hanged on a gallows in Cheapside, 

 neere to the Crosse, in the parish of Saint Mathew. 

 Which Cat, being taken down, was carried to the 

 Bishop of London, and by him sent to Doctor Pen- 

 dleton (who was then preaching at Paul's Cross), 

 commanding it to be shown to the Congregation. 

 The Round-head Fryers cannot abide to heare of 

 this Cat. 



Twenty Lookes over all the Round-heads 

 m the World, 1643. 



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