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Richard Head. The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants: The Second Part
The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants: The Second Part
Table of Contents
The Epistle. DEDICATORY. TO THE. BOOK-SELLERS. OF. LONDON
The Preface to the Reader
THE. ENGLISH ROGUE
CHAP. I
CHAP. II
CHAP. III
CHAP. IV
CHAP. V
CHAP. VI
CHAP. VII
CHAP. VIII
CHAP. IX
CHAP. X
CHAP. XI
CHAP. XII
CHAP. XIII
CHAP. XIV
CHAP. XV
CHAP. XVI
CHAP. XVII
CHAP. XVIII
CHAP. XIX
CHAP. XX
CHAP. XXI
CHAP. XXII
CHAP. XXIII
CHAP. XXIV
CHAP. XXV
CHAP. XXVI
CHAP. XX
CHAP. XXVIII
CHAP. XXIX
CHAP. XXXI
CHAP. XXXII
The Character of a Libertine Zealot
CHAP. XXXIII
CHAP. XXXIV
CHAP. XXXV
CHAP. XXXVI
CHAP. XXXVII
CHAP. XXXVIII
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Richard Head, Francis Kirkman
Published by Good Press, 2019
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This Book was by Breman communicated to the Brammanes to be published to the People, who did give absolute obedience to these injunctions; but in time, fraud, violence and all manner of wickedness being committed, God grew angry, and acquainted Breman that he would destroy the world: who acquainted the People herewith, but to little purpose, for soon after they fell to their wickedness, and God took Breman up into his bosome who had interceeded for man-kind; then also Vistney (whose nature and Office it was to preserve the People) did interceed, but God would not be pacifyed, but gave charge to Ruddery (whose Office it was to destroy) to cause the bowels of the earth to send out a wind to sweep the Nations as the dust from the face of the earth: this command was accordingly executed, and all people were destroyed saving a few that God permitted Vistney to cover with the skirts of his preservation, reserved to propagate mankind in the third age, and so this Age concluded.
The wickedness and ill government of the Kings and Rulers, being the chief cause of destroying the last age: therefore all those of Cutteries Tribe were all destroyed. Now because it was necessary that there should be some of that Cast as well as others, wherefore God raised that Tribe again out of the Cast of the Bramanes: the name of him who renewed and raised this Tribe was called Ram, who was a good King and lived piously; but his successors did not so, but committed so much wickedness that God again destroyed the world, by the opening of the earth, which swallowed up all mankind, but a few of the four Tribes who were left to new-people the world again, and this was the conclusion of the third Age.
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