
Luke Batterham
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A satire on the writings of William Prynne and the Quaker John Audland. The opening of "Prynne's Answer" reads "Thou Quaking Quack, Jesuitical Romish Franciscan Frog... Thou art the Devils dice-box which he SHAKES, rattles, wags, to gull, cheat, delude, and seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed, English Nation". Butler infamously said of Prynne that his "weakness was to cast holy things, not unto dogs, but into doggerel". Scarce, ABPC recording only one copy in the past thirty-five years.