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This cockeborrel clown therefore w•ndering abroad over hills and dales, and marvelling that •he woods, & rocks would no• stir out of their place, at the so••de of the harp, but stand still as before unmoveable, never left striking, stretching, thumping, and sounding the harp, until at length, he made himself to be loathed of the brute beasts, with the harsh and confused noise, & scraping the s•rings: and so became a pray to dogs, which tare him in pieces, and did gnaw his flesh and bones into gobbets. And what else doth this Romish prelate present unto us with his stately stool,¹ whereupon h•e doteth no less fondly frantic, •hen the silly caitiff upon his harp? For what should let it, but that Orpheus harp may aswell make a cunning harper, as Peters chair an holy bishop: if we have therein no further consideration then of the material chair?

This cockeborrel clowne theref•re w•ndering abroade ouer hilles and dales, and merueling that •he woodes, & rocks would no• sturre out of their place, at the so••de of the harpe, but stande stil as before vnmoueable, neuer left stryking, stre•ching, thumping, and sounding the harp, vntil at length, hee made himselfe to bee loathed of the brute beasts, with the h•rshe and confused noyse, & skraping the s•rings: and so became a pray to dogges, which tare him in pieces, and did gnaw his flesh and boanes into gobbets. And what els dooth this Romishe prelate present vnto vs with his stately stoole,¹ whervpon h•e doateth no lesse fondly franticke, hen the seely caytif vpō his harpe? For what shold let it, but that Orpheus harpe may aswel make a cunning harper, as Peters chayre an holy bishop: if wee haue therein no further consideration then of the material chayre?