An equivoque is a poem that can be read in two different ways. This one appeared in The Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome in 1679. Protestants were to read each line straight across, Catholics down each column:
The Jesuit’s Double-Faced Creed
| I hold for sound faith | What England’s church allows |
| What Rome’s faith saith | My conscience disavows |
| Where the king’s head | The flock can take no shame |
| The flock’s misled | Who hold the Pope supreme |
| Where th’altar’s dress’d | The worship’s scarce divine |
| The people’s bless’d | Whose table’s bread and wine |
| He’s but an ass | Who their communion flies |
| Who shuns the Mass | Is Catholic and wise. |