Vulgar words in Books Fatal to Their Authors (Page 1)
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When Bekker was deposed from his office, his adversaries caused a medal to be struck representing the devil clad in a priestly robe, riding on an ass, and carrying a trophy in his right hand; which was intended to signify that Bekker had been overcome in his attempt to disprove demoniacal possession, and that the devil had conquered in the assembly of divines who pronounced sentence on Bekker's book.
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The same hard fate befell John Williams in 1619, who was hanged, drawn, and quartered, on account of two poems, _Balaam's Ass_ and _Speculum Regis_, the MSS.