And I don't give a fuck if calling the pope a motherfucker / means you unthinkingly brand me an unthinking apostate.

Since the cat is unbagged in the first act, most of the play concerns James's maneuvering between bouts of reconciliation and backsliding.

If thou beeſt a man, ſhew thy ſelfe in thy likeneſs. If thou beeſt a diuell, take't as thou liſt.

This is a full-service manual of counter-apologetics.