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DESCRIPTION OF THE SuIT oF CLUBs. 
Ace.—Dr. Hoadley is represented preaching in a tub, with Mitre 
in one hand, and the Westminster Confession of Faith in the other, on 
his head a conical cap. Dr. Hoadley, then Rector of St. Peter’s-le- 
Poer, in London, was represented in several caricatures of the time 
with Presbyterian books at his side :— 
‘‘The Mytre in one hand, and league in t’other, 
Show that the Tubster is a fickle Brother.”’ 
Two.—W aterman with badge on his breast, and bailiff on his knees, 
attacked by foot soldiers :— 
‘“‘The Waterman and Bailiff on their Knees, 
Implore their Mercy that upon them seize.”’ 
Three.—W orkmen engaged in erecting a scaffolding :— 
“Sculpture by this the Workmen’s Toil displays, 
That for the Tryall did the Scaffold raise.’’ 
Four.—A Puritan Meeting-house destroyed by lightning, persons — 
fainting and flying, and one supported by a figure with ass’s ears :— 
** No wonder that they’r Thunder-struck and Swoon, 
When Barns, that give them Sustinance, are down.” 
Five.—Devil and Puritans at a table, crown and mitre on the 
ground; a monk is giving absolution, and a lizard-like demon is 
whispering into the ear of a seated figure like Hudibras:— 
“The dark Caball would bring us to Confusion, 
While the Shorn Monk pronounces Absolution.”’ 
Siz.—Persons unlading wooden boards from a cart: behind isa 
church :— 
‘“‘ Materials for a Scaffold may be bought, 
Yet he that is Impeach’d be void of Fault.” 
Seven.—Newsboys running with papers :— 
“¢ A speech that Shows such Injurys and Wrongs 
Calls for Redress with more than Hawkers’ Tongues.’’ 
Eight.—The doctor is conducted to prison :— 
‘‘ His Body with Imprisonment is Charg’d, 
But Souls like his in Prison are enlarg’d.’’ 
Nine.—Pulpit and clock burning, men dancing; in allusion to 
the destruction of the Nonconformist Meeting-house of Dr. Burgess in 
Carey-street, Lincoln’s Inn :— 
‘¢ The Clock and Pulpit in the Flames expire, 
That help’d Non-con. to set the World on Fire.”’ 
