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" After his death these lines were found in his pocket: — " Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such as do a toleration hatch, Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice To poison all with heresy and vice. If men be left and otherwise combine,... "
The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts ... - Page 414
edited by - 1880
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New-England's Memorial

Nathaniel Morton - 1669 - 562 pages
...Hate heresy, make blessed ends ; Bear poverty, live with good men, So shall we meet with joy again. Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such...If men be left, and otherwise combine, My epitaph 's, I died no libertine.* This year Mr. John Laythrop did put off his earthly tabernacle. He was sometimes...
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Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America: With Remarks on ...

John Halkett - 1825 - 498 pages
...liberty of conscience :— Farewell, Dear Wife, Children, and Friends, Hate Heresie ; make Blessed Ends : Let Men of God in Courts and Churches watch, O'er such as do a Toleration hatch, * Hennepin, ii. ch. 30. Lest that 111 Egg bring forth a Cockatrice To poison all with Heresie and Vice....
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Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America: With Remarks on ...

John Halkett - 1825 - 426 pages
...liberty of conscience :— Farewell, Dear Wife, Children, and Friends, Hate Heresie ; make Blessed Ends : Let Men of God in Courts and Churches watch, O'er such as do a Toleration hatch, * Hennepin, ii. ch. 30. Lest that 111 Egg bring forth a Cockatrice To poison all with Heresie and Vice....
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New-England's Memorial

Nathaniel Morton - 1826 - 498 pages
...Hate heresy, make blessed ends; Bear poverty, live with good men, So shall we meet with joy again. Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such...as do a toleration hatch; Lest that ill egg bring fortli a cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice. If men be left, and otherwise combine, My...
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The History of New Hampshire, Volume 1

Jeremy Belknap - 1831 - 546 pages
...DeputyGovernor Dudley, is another specimen. " Let men of God in courts and churches watch " O'er euch as do a toleration hatch; " Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice, " If roen be left, and otherwise combine, " To poison all with heresy and vice. " My epitaph's, / dy'd...
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An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of ...

William Allen - 1832 - 816 pages
...were not understood. The following lines are a part of a piece, found in his pocket after his death. "Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such, as du a toleration hatch, Lest that ill egg bring forth я cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice....
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Female Biography: Containing Notices of Distinguished Women, in Different ...

Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1836 - 526 pages
...for, after his death, this singular sentiment, expressed, as he would have called it, in verse, was found in his pocket: "Let men of God, in courts and...and vice. If men be left, and otherwise combine, My epitaph's—I die no libertine." Under the eye of such a father Anne Dudley received her first impressions...
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Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the ...

Emory Washburn - 1840 - 412 pages
...left the following metrical lines which are said to have described his character with great accuracy. "Let men of God in Courts and Churches watch O'er...that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice To poison all wiih heresy and vice. If men be left or otherwise combine, My Epitaph's, I die no libertine." His residence...
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The United States Catholic Magazine, Volume 2

1843 - 802 pages
...adds the tribute of his poetic genius lo the same principle, in the following euphonious lines— " Let men of God in courts and churches watch. O'er...cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice !" If these be not sufficient authorities for Mr. Webster's deductions, we trust that the following extract...
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Quarterly register and journal of the American education society ..., Volume 15

American education society - 1843 - 552 pages
...'li.i 11 we meet with jo v iiçain. I.'-l men of God in courte and churches watch, O er üiirli an do a TOLERATION hatch ; Lest that ill egg bring forth...cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice. If men be b'H, and otherwise combine, My Cpitaph's, 1 DIED no LIBERTINE." liear poverty ; live with goinl men...
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