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Circumcised Brethren
(in Hudibras). They were Prynne, Bertie or Burton, and
Bastwick, who lost their ears and had their noses slit for lampooning
Henrietta Maria and the bishops.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Circumcised Brethren from Infoplease:
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