Murtaugh O'Lavery

“ Vash dish man's shoul worth no more den ten groat? Aue, aue, aue, a poor story indeed! Phat Phelemy, vill you give noting, nor you Turlogh, arra you devils, are you not all his revelations? Come you, vomans dere, give money, nor yarn, nor butter, nor flax, nor something. Come, Varrid Shaue, Anna and Shuga and all of you. Fat de De vii are you doing ? Fat, no more groats Vel, pho vill give tree pence? Very vell; Vid no body more give tree pence? Pho vill give two pence? Fat, vill no body more give two pence? Pho vill give one penny itshelf? Not one penny more to be got among you? ”

“ She ish in de plash of your reason, senses and understanding, and has power to shudge and decree, and determine, and dictate, and ordain, in all matters of religion and doctrine, and all dat tend to your bodies and estates, and all dat do relate to dish vorld, or de next vorld to come; fat ever derefore she bid you shay, you must shay, fat ever she bid you do, you must do, without ever pretending to tink or shudge for yourshelves as de Hereticks shay, dat vid be blaspheming 'gainst her most holy authority: Nay, it vid be most horrid impudence and damnable heresy. ”

“ But de turd and greatest punishment of it ish a great big black ugly devil of a vomans, dat stands dere vid an iron flail, and she's be trashing dem thro' all de plash in a most terrible manner : And fat ever part of de body vas guilty of de shin, she vill be trashing 'pon dat very part. If he vash drunkenness nor gluttony, She vill be trashing 'pon de belly. If he vash teeving, she vill come upon deir fingers vid her long flail, till she vill break all her nuckle again, and if he vash adultery nor fornication ”

“ And in de first plash, It is a very large plash you may be sure, fen it receives for-purgation all true Catholicks, who are de mot numerous people 'pon face of de earth : Fo beside all, France nor Spain, nor Italy, no Rome are Catholicks, dere are a great many more, who are dispersed though de king doms of de vorld ”

“ And first, we are told in de scripture, shum sere nor noder, Dat all tings shall be prove by fire, fat fort dey are ; dat if any mans build 'porr foundation, such as hay, nor straw, nor stubble, nor any such combustible materials, he vill suffer damage nor loss, and de superstructure shall be burn down, yet he himshelf shall be shaved, but sho as by fire, dat ish, my friends, de Purgatorial fire of de turd plash. ”