English poem
The Eleventh MARK
by Benjamin Keach (1640–1704)
TIs He that aims at th'utter Dissolution Of precious Saints, by Bloody Persecution, That does pronounce no Christian fit to live, Unless they do his Beastly Mark receive. Forbids all Traffick, none must sell or buy, Except th'adorers of his Hierarchy. This Mark the Pope doth in his Forehead bear Of which full proof, is extant ev'ry where, The Numbers he hath murder'd do surmount The strictest of Arithmeticks account. They stain'd each Nation with a Crimson Flood And swelling Current of my Childrens Blood.