the church's dog-whippers

: " 'Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms
When they translated David's Psalms,
To make the heart more glad;
But had it been poor David's fate
To hear thee sing and them translate,
By Jove, 'twould have drove him mad.'"

Williton church ... among the church's dog-whippers was a
certain Robert LAPHAM 1619-1648
which lead me to find out what that was !