I Hold for faith
| First Line | I Hold for faith |
|---|---|
| Date | c1716 |
| Description | Epigram; Satire [Humour, wordplay; Public affairs; Satire - religious]. Transcribed from "The Catholic," The first part of miscellany poems. Containing variety of new translations of the ancient poets: together with several original poems. By the most eminent hands. Publish'd by Mr. Dryden, 1716, p. 403. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CB0132026648. Please note the first line in this miscellany is "I hold as faith," but it has been replaced with the more common "I hold for faith" on this database for easy identification in manuscript verse miscellanies. |
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Transcription
I Hold as faith
What England's Church allows:
What Rome's Ch. saith
My Conscience disallows:
Where the King is Head
That Church can have no shame;
The Flock's mis-led
That holds the Pope Supream:
Where the Altars drest
There's Service scarce Divine:
The Peoples blest
With Table-Bread and Wine:
He's but an Ass
Who the Communion flies:
Who shuns the Mass
Is Catholick and Wise.
Beinecke Osborn c83
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: n/a; item #215.
Local title: The double-faced creed.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.187
| Title | A Collection of Poetry |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 164
Local title: Pro & Con.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line "I hold as Faith" instead of "I hold for Faith."
Other: n/a
Leeds Brotherton Lt 106
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
f. 89v-90r
Local title: The Jesuits Double-fac'd creed in three languages
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: I hold as faith what England's church allows
Other variants: n/a
Other: Same as in Lt 99, but here begins with English, then in Latin, then in Greek [the other was Latin first, then English, but no Greek].
Leeds Brotherton Lt 99
| Title | Old Songs & other Poems. |
|---|---|
| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
f. 49v
Local title: The Jesuits double-faced creed
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: I hold as faith what England's church allows
Other variants: n/a
Other: Latin first, then English, no Greek
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 557
| Title | Farago |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Pp. 2224
Local title: The Jesuits doublefaced Creed
Attributed author: Unattributed.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a