A Supplication for the Beggers is a book written by Simon Fish, a 16th-century English writer and pamphleteer. The book is a satirical work that takes aim at the corruption and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church in England during the reign of King Henry VIII. The title of the book is a play on words, as ""supplication"" can mean both a humble request and a prayer to a higher power. In the book, Fish presents a fictional dialogue between a beggar and...