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the arch idolater said; and concerning the idols themselves he spoke long and learnedly, explaining divine etiquette, and how Pombo had offended, and how no idol in the world would listen to Pombo's prayer. THE ARCH IDOLATER SAID AND CONCERNING THE IDOLS THEMSELVES HE SPOKE LONG AND LEARNEDLY EXPLAINING DIVINE ETIQUETTE AND HOW POMBO HAD OFFENDED AND HOW NO IDOL IN THE WORLD WOULD LISTEN TO POMBO'S PRAYER
 spoken, to supplicate little idols of his own. And when Pombo's simple, necessary prayer was equally refused by the idols of museums, auction-rooms, shops, then he took counsel with himself and purchased incense and burned it in a brazier before his own cheap little idols, and played the while upon an instrument such as that wherewith men charm snakes. And still the idols clung to their etiquette. Whether Pombo knew about this etiquette and considered it frivolous in the face of his need, or whether his need, now grown desperate, unhinged his mind, I know not, but Pombo the idolater took a stick and suddenly turned iconoclast. Pombo the iconoclast immediately left his house, leaving his idols to be swept away with the dust and so to mingle with Man, and went to an arch-idolater of repute who carved idols out of rare stones, and put his case before him. The arch-idolater who made idols of his own rebuked Pombo in the name of Man for having broken his idols--"for hath not Man made them? WHERE ENGLISH IS SELDOM SPOKEN TO SUPPLICATE LITTLE IDOLS OF HIS OWN AND WHEN POMBO'S SIMPLE NECESSARY PRAYER WAS EQUALLY REFUSED BY THE IDOLS OF MUSEUMS AUCTION ROOMS SHOPS THEN HE TOOK COUNSEL WITH HIMSELF AND PURCHASED INCENSE AND BURNED IT IN A BRASURE BEFORE HIS OWN CHEAP LITTLE IDOLS AND PLAYED THE WHILE UPON AN INSTRUMENT SUCH AS THAT WHEREWITH MEN CHARM SNAKES AND STILL THE IDOLS CLUNG TO THEIR ETIQUETTE WHETHER POMBO KNEW ABOUT THIS ETIQUETTE AND CONSIDERED IT FRIVOLOUS IN THE FACE OF HIS NEED OR WHETHER HIS NEED NOW GROWN DESPERATE UNHINGED HIS MIND I KNOW NOT BUT POMBO THY IDOLATER TOOK A STICK AND SUDDENLY TURNED ICONOCLAST POMBO THY CONOCLAST IMMEDIATELY LEFT HIS HOUSE LEAVING HIS IDOLS TO BE SWEPT AWAY WITH THE DUST AND SO TO MINGLE WITH MAN AND WENT TO AN ARCH IDOLATER OF REPUTE WHO CARVED IDOLS OUT OF RARE STONES AND PUT HIS CASE BEFORE HIM THE ARCH IDOLATOR WHO MADE IDOLS OF HIS OWN REBUKED POMBO IN THE NAME OF MAN FOR HAVING BROKEN HIS IDOLS FOR HATH NOT MAN MADE THEM
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