It points out that the title group is "very numerous," but not as numerous as a similar group in France, and praises William III for giving them mercy.
This piece of prose notes that snakes and toads are killed "not for the evil they have done, but the evil they may do." Twice throughout this piece, it refers to a certain punishment as "fire and faggot." This piece states that Heaven let slip the moment "Post est Occasio CALVO!" It points out that the title group is "very numerous," but not as numerous as a similar group in France, and praises William III for giving them mercy. This tract begins by telling a story by Sir Roger L'Estrange that discusses the cock and the horses, and it criticizes the "fatal leniency" that allowed for the settlement of New England. This work's 1703 publication caused the author to be imprisoned for seditious libel; its author was then humiliated for three days at Charing Cross's public square, an experience that was mocked in the poem "Hymn to the Pillory." For 10 points, name this pamphlet that satirically argues for severe sanctions against religious Nonconformists in England, a work by Daniel Defoe.
This piece of prose notes that snakes and toads are killed "not for the evil they have done, but the evil they may do."
"The Shortest Way with the Dissenters"