THE PRIEST: IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. "Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous wolves, "Who all the sacred mysteries of Heaven "To their own vile advantages shall turn "Of lucre and ambition, and the truth "With superstitions and traditions taint."-Milton. LONDON: PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW. JU.: 5.13 THE PRIEST. CHAPTER I. "Oh, good old man, how well in thee appears "You might add too, my wealth, Shakspeare. [annum Which he contemns; five hundred crowns per (For which I've ventured hard, my conscience knows it) Not thought upon ; — [flouted; This chain, which my lord's peasants worship, Beaumont. A FINE sun at the latter end of April had set twilight was gradually deepening into the darker shade of night. |