The Solemn mock procession of the Pope, Cardinalls, Jesuits, Fryers etc. through the Citty of London, November the 17th. 1680. (London : Printed for Nathaniel Ponder, at the Peacock near the Stocks Mark[e]t ; Jonathan Wilkins at the Star in Cheapside, next Mercers Chappel ; and Samuel Lee at the Feathers in Lumbard-Street, near the Post-Office, 1680) 1 hand-coloured broadside.
Pope-burning processions were held on 17 November 1679, 1680 and 1681. The date was significant as the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I’s accession. Elizabeth was seen as a Protestant heroine. The procession parodied the Papal Coronation ceremony. The figure of the Pope was stuffed with live cats, and after the procession had paraded through the streets of London it finished at Temple Bar. The effigies were tossed onto a bon-fire and the screams of the cats added greatly to the sinister effect. It was estimated that 200,000 people watched the parade.
