splash of the eager beaver

Thatte mediaeval Bestiary says of the Beaver

that when pursued for his Orchids
he will tear off them (off) with his owne Teeth

then raising a hind-leg to reveal to the Hunter

that nothing is now there (now) to be taken

So, in like wise, it says, good Christians should tear out

alle Sinne in such order that the Devil, when he cometh upon them,

should espy nothing there upon which to affixe his Talons & Claws

In these latter and later Dayes and/or/and indeed alle Dayes

it ith likewise recommended [and as indeed is the common practisse)

thatte these same Goode Christians

should tear away all Semblance of Reason or Independence

against the Possibility that some Scyentyst or other Oaf

might then yet assail them with impious query

whereupon, finding there nothing but only Nonsense
on which to alight,

So confounded, he will, perforce, Turn awaye

to other Prey

The Beaver that Beaver and all his Ilke
so languish in long-lulling Lakes of Sylk

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