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THE VISION OF THE POPE.
“But for my pay, mind what I say,
“A Cardinal must go,
“To England’s land, and take a stand,
“Whether they will or no.”
“If they refuse, we’ll try this ruse,
“Straight on the English water;
“My friends discreet, shall send a fleet,
“And show them little quarter.”
“For if at them, my warlike men,
“Could only have a slap,
“My fate is sealed,—to me they’d yield—
“The emp’rors ‘Velvet Cap.’”
“But if they bow, and make no row,
“We’ll show them at a view,
“That all this fuss, is play in us,
“And only a review.”
“Good!” by his side, a “Wiseman” cried,
“Let me to England go,
“I’ll make them all, both great and small,
“Respect your ‘Holy toe.’”
