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THE CA^
A Martyr
In the Reigne of Queene Mary (at which time
Popery was much exalted), then were the Roundheads
— i. e., the monks and friars — so odious
to the people, that, in derision of them, was a Cat
taken on a Sabbath day, with her head shorne as
a Fryer's, and the likenesse of a vestment cast over
her, with her feet tied together, and a round piece
of paper like a singing Cake between them; and
thus was she hanged on a gallows in Cheapside,
neere to the Crosse, in the parish of Saint Mathew.
Which Cat, being taken down, was carried to the
Bishop of London, and by him sent to Doctor Pen-
dleton (who was then preaching at Paul's Cross),
commanding it to be shown to the Congregation.
The Round-head Fryers cannot abide to heare of
this Cat.
Twenty Lookes over all the Round-heads
m the World, 1643.
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