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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 



Seeing the Bishops of Exeter and Canterbury 

 hard at work in doing mischief both to their own 

 new faith, and to our old one, I bethought me 

 to borrow good (?) Queen Elizabeth, in order to 

 remind these two potent ecclesiastics, that they 

 had better look at home, rather than spend their 

 precious time in condemning, or in supporting a 

 delinquent Pastor of their own new fold. 



So, being in a poetical humour, one morning at 

 early dawn, I composed the following lines for 

 insertion in our much valued Tablet Newspaper. 

 It goes to the sweet and solemn tune of " Cease 

 rude Boreas ; " and also of " When the rosy morn 

 appearing." The measure, in my opinion, is by 

 far the most melodious in the English language. 



APPARITION OF OLD QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GHOST TO THE 

 PRELATES OF CANTERBURY AND EXETER. 



Church and State in conflict raging, 

 Filled the realm with dire alarms ; 



Exeter, his Chief engaging ! 

 Canterbury, fierce in arms. 



As their mother law church staggers, 



Underneath each cruel wound, 

 Suddenly their murderous daggers, 



Drop innocuous to the ground. 



For behold ! in brimstone burning, 

 From below a phantom rose ; 



