Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecutedHart, W. H. (William Henry)
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Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecuted
Hart, W. H. (William Henry)
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both at the one triall and the other_ (triationem prædicti Edwardi
Coleman et triationem prædicti Georgii Wakeman innuendo) _you
will assuredly find it as different and contrary as white is to
black, or as the lord chiefe Justice is sometymes, to Sir William
at others_. In magnum scandalum et contemptum dicti Capitalis
Justiciarii, et authoritatis suæ depravationem, ad grave dampnum
dicti Capitalis Justiciarii, in malum et pernitiosum exemplum
omnium aliorum in tali casu delinquentium, ac contra pacem dicti
domini regis nunc; coronam et dignitatem suas, &c.[206]
A copy of this paper is preserved among the Nicholl's Collection of
Newspapers, at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
246.
A Satire against In-justice: or, Scroggs upon Scroggs. 1679. A folio
broadside containing 16 three line stanzas.
Jane Curtis was prosecuted by direction of Chief Justice Scroggs,
for selling this broadside--"Which his Lordship called a libel
against him: and her friends tendering sufficient bail, and
desiring him to have mercy upon her poverty and condition he swore
by the name of God she should go to prison, and he would show her
no more mercy than they could expect from a wolf that came to
devour them; and she might bring her Habeas Corpus, and come out
so; which she was forced to do; and after informed against and
prosecuted to her utter ruin, four or five terms after."[207]
A copy is preserved in the Guildhall Library. The entire production
is as follows:--
A
SATYR
AGAINST
IN-JUSTICE:
OR,
Sc----gs upon Sc----gs.
1. A Butcher's Son (Judge) Capital,
Poor Protestants for to enthral,
And _England_ to enslave, Sirs.
2. Lose but our _Laws_ and _Lives_ (we must)
When to do Justice, we intrust
So known and errand Knaves, Sirs.
3. Some hungry Priests he once did fell
With mighty Stroaks, and them to Hell
Sent furiously away, Sirs.
4. Would you know why? The reason's plain;
They had no English nor French Coyn
To purchase longer Stay, Sirs.
5. The Pope, to Purgatory sends
Who neither Money have (nor Friends;)
In this he's not alone, Sirs.
6. Our Judge to Mercy's not inclin'd,
Unless Gold change Conscience and Mind,
You are infallibly gone, Sirs.
7. His Father once exempted was
Out of all Juries; Why? Because
He was a man of Blood, Sirs.
8. And why the Butcherly Son, forsooth,
Should now be Judge and Jury both
Can't well be understood, Sirs.
9. The good old man, with Knife and Knocks,
Made harmless Sheep and stubborn Ox
Stoop to him in his fury.
10. But the Brib'd Son, like greedy Auff,
Kneels down and worships Golden Calf,
And so did all the Jury.
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