Behold, he prayeth

Print shows Thurlow (right), in profile to the right, kneeling in prayer at a table on which the head of the mace is visible. He wears his Chancellor's robes and says, "When I forsake my King, May God forsake me". A demon, clutching his shoulder, says, "Well said Old Boy! You're a true Disciple". Two smaller imps, flying above his head, say, "Oh! rare! he is a precious Brother", and, "How well he has learned his Lesson". Behind him are seated eight bishops, as if in the House of Lords, they say (left to right): [1] "Who w'od have ever thought to have heard him pray"; [2] "What a Hypocrite! a second Cardinal Wolsey!"; [3] "I thought he never called on God but to curse Mankind!"; [4] "One wo'd almost think he was in earnest"; [5] "Yes if it did not seem so odd To hear him talking about God"; [6] "Surely he thinks to reform"; [7] "Pshaw! Pshaw! he means only to serve this Turn"; [8] "This Farce wo'nt do in these Enlightned Days." Cf. BM Satires.