But some will perhaps imagine, we really wish to take the church property from the Protestants. In the Catholic times of England, the church property was divided into three parts, one was for the support of the clergy, another was for the repair of the churches, and the third was for the support of the poor, and this third was always administered to the poor with the most scrupulous exactness.[A] Hence, among all the barefaced calumnies, which have been uttered against the Catholics, even her bitterest enemies, could never say that she was unjust to the poor. But the Protestant _reformed_ Church thought it would be the least trouble, to put these _three parts_ into _one whole_ sum, and apply the _whole_ of that sum to _themselves_, and then, leave the nation to supply the other two parts, by _Church rates_, and _Poor rates_. Now, let the Protestant Church, only give back to the poor, that part which she unjustly took from them, and as for the rest, I can only say, God speed them with it, and long may they enjoy it. Some of you gentlemen certainly appear, to be _worthy_ descendents of your Protestant ancestors, for _they_ took from us our church possessions, _you_ are now enjoying these church possessions, but not content with our possessions, you wish to deprive us, even of our _very name_; for you are endeavouring, by every artifice, to deceive the people, and make them believe--_you_ and not _we_ are the real Catholics. You remind me of the words of the Poet, "Who steals my purse, steals trash, 'Twas mine, tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he who filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, but makes me poor indeed."