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NYGWPB.767.030
20 Aug 1767:11,12,13,21,22 (1285)
The Third Part of the celebrated Lecture on Heads, concluded
from our last. . . [4 columns, ending with an exhibit of
"one of the righteous over much:"]
And then there is the Devil among the taylors, and the Devil
among the players; the players, they play, and the Devil is
to pay. The play house is Satan's ground, where women
stretch themselves out upon the tenter hooks of temptation.
Tragedy is the blank verse of Beelzebub; comedy is his hasty
pudding; and pantomime is the Devil's country dance. And
yet, you'll pay the players for seeing plays; yes, yes, but
you won't pay me: No; no; till Beelzebub's bum bailiffs lay
hold of you; and then you think I will pay your garnish; but
I won't. No, you shall lay on the common side of the world,
like a toad in a hole that is baked for the Devil's dinner.
Do put some money in the plate; and then all your iniquities
shall be scalded away, . . . [3 lines]
Do put some money in the place,
Or I your preacher cannot eat;
And 'tis with grief of heart I tell you
How much this preaching scowers the belly;
. . . [12 lines]
Say, sing, and swear, that those alone are right,
Who crow'd this tabernacle every night.
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