John Defoe

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    And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 12:1.

    And of all plagues with which mankind are curst,
    Ecclesiastic tyranny’s the worst.
    —Daniel Defoe (1659–1731)