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“It was scratching oneself in the nether parts,” said Mr. Fanshawe, “and calling it belief.”

Tristan Holyoke,  A Tree Full of Monkeys.

When Master Anselm hath mallet in hand

Doth not each matter all round him resemble more a nayle?

Thomas Gryffin,   The Footman’s Felonie.      (1606)

Priscilla Fanning,  Fragments From the Jacobean Stage.