Boldly I preach, hate a cross, hate a surplice, Mitres, copes, and rochets ; Come hear me pray nine times a day, And fill your heads with crotchets. The Monthly Magazine - Page 37 1804 Full view - About this book
...with the refrain : " Boldly I preaohe, hate a cross, hate a surplice, Mitres, copes, and rotchets, Come, hear me pray, nine times a day, And fill your heads with crotchets." Care came seldom to him, for he gave her scurvy entertainment; he himself bade mourners eat and be...