A picktooth for the Pope, or the packman’s paternoster

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A picktooth for the Pope, or the packman’s paternoster

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Sir James Sempill
…for his satirical poem A picktooth for the Pope, or the packman’s paternoster (1630?), an antipapal dialogue between a peddler and a priest written in rhyming couplets. Born into a family of Scottish poets, he was reared with the young King James VI. He attended the University of St. Andrews…
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…for his satirical poem A picktooth for the Pope, or the packman’s paternoster (1630?), an antipapal dialogue between a peddler and a priest written in rhyming couplets. Born into a family of Scottish poets, he was reared with the young King James VI. He attended the University of St. Andrews…
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