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“I am abundantly ready—only, pray you, let me have a good tilt with the old mumpsimuses first.”

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

This story was long popular with the Gospellers, who dubbed the Popish priests mumpsimuses.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah