There were a few pretty serious events going on in England in the 17th century, revolution, laws against Catholics, freemasons preparing to go public, and a new king but all of these events led to a pretty silly outcome, one involving the pope and a secret society around pugs.

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Sources
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/07/31/order-of-the-pug/

https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/mopsorden-the-order-of-the-pug/

https://books.google.com/books/about/L_Ordre_des_francs_ma%C3%A7ons_trahi_et_Le_s.html?hl=en&id=_hRBAAAAcAAJ

http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/papal/in_eminenti.html

https://dustyoldthing.com/1700s-mops-orden/

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