| Some of these Protestant satiric poems drew also on the Pasquil poems mocking popes that were a major Italian tradition. |
| The zeal of the Scottish reformers was at its height, and this zeal found vent in many a pasquil discharged at Popery. |
| A pasquil on the Commander in Chief, or a tirade against the Government, was sure to be eagerly read and warmly approved of. |
