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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Hart, W. H. (William Henry)

Hart, W. H. (William Henry)

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11. Better hadst been at Father's Trade,
         An honest Livelihood t'have made,
           In hampering Bulls with Collers.

    12. Than to thy Country prove unjust;
         First sell, and then betray thy Trust
           For so many hard Rix-dollers.

    13. Priest and Physician thou didst save
         From Gallows, Fire, and the Grave
           For which we can't endure thee.

    14. The one can ne'er absolve thy Sins,
          And th'other, though he now begins,
            Of Knavery ne're can cure thee.

    15. But lest we all should end thy Life,
          And with a keen-whet Chopping-knife,
            In a thousand pieces cleave thee.

    16. Let th' Parliament first him undertake,
          They'll make the Rascal stink at Stake;
            And so like a Knave let's leave thee.

    FINIS.


  The following is a copy of the information against the publisher.

  Londonia. Memorandum quod Creswell Levins miles attornatus domini
  regis nunc generalis qui pro eodem domino rege in hac parte
  sequitur, in propria persona sua venit hic in curiam dicti domini
  regis coram ipso rege apud Westmonasterium, die Jovis proxima
  post tres septimanas Sancti Michaelis isto eodem termino, et pro
  eodem domino rege dat curiæ hic intelligi et informari quod Jana
  Curtice uxor Langley Curtice de parochia Sancti Martini Ludgate
  Londonia Stationer, machinans et malitiose intendens Willielmum
  Scroggs militem Capitalem Justiciarium domini regis ad placita
  coram ipso rege tenenda assignatum scandalizare et ipsum Capitalem
  Justiciarium in hüs quæ ipsum Capitalem Justiciarium et officium
  suum judicialem tangunt et authoritatem dicti domini regis in
  odium et contemptum ducere, vicesimo die Octobris anno regni
  domini nostri Caroli Secundi, Dei gratia Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et
  Hiberniæ Regis Fidei Defensoris &c. tricesimo primo, apud parochiam
  Sancti Martini Ludgate prædictam in Warda de Farringdon extra
  Londoniam, quoddam falsum malitiosum infamosum scandalosum et
  odiosum libellum intitulatum _A Satyr against In-justice: or Sc--gs
  upon Sc--gs._ in manibus suis obtinuit in quoquidem libello (inter
  alia) continetur prout sequitur in hac verba _Some hungry Priests
  he_ (prædictum Capitalem Justiciarium innuendo) _once did fell
  With mighty Stroaks, and them to Hell Sent furiously away, Sirs.
  Would you know why? The reason's plain; They had no English nor
  French Coyn To purchase longer Stay, Sirs. The Pope, to Purgatory
  sends Who neither Money have (nor Friends;) In this he's not alone,
  Sirs. Our Judge_ (prædictum Capitalem Justiciarium innuendo) _to
  Mercy's not inclin'd, Unless Gold change Conscience and Mind,
  You are infallibly gone, Sirs_. Et prædicta Jana Curtice sciens
  libellum prædictum fore scandalosum et infamosum libellum postea
  scilicet dicto vicesimo die Octobris anno supradicto apud Londoniam
  prædictam in parochia et warda prædictis idem libellum publicavit

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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)

Prohibited books -- England -- Bibliography

11. Better hadst been at Father's Trade,
         An honest Livelihood t'have made,
           In hampering Bulls with Collers.

    12. Than to thy Country prove unjust;
         First sell, and then betray thy Trust
           For so many hard Rix-dollers.

    13. Priest and Physician thou didst save
         From Gallows, Fire, and the Grave
           For which we can't endure thee.

    14. The one can ne'er absolve thy Sins,
          And th'other, though he now begins,
            Of Knavery ne're can cure thee.

    15. But lest we all should end thy Life,
          And with a keen-whet Chopping-knife,
            In a thousand pieces cleave thee.

    16. Let th' Parliament first him undertake,
          They'll make the Rascal stink at Stake;
            And so like a Knave let's leave thee.

    FINIS.


  The following is a copy of the information against the publisher.

  Londonia. Memorandum quod Creswell Levins miles attornatus domini
  regis nunc generalis qui pro eodem domino rege in hac parte
  sequitur, in propria persona sua venit hic in curiam dicti domini
  regis coram ipso rege apud Westmonasterium, die Jovis proxima
  post tres septimanas Sancti Michaelis isto eodem termino, et pro
  eodem domino rege dat curiæ hic intelligi et informari quod Jana
  Curtice uxor Langley Curtice de parochia Sancti Martini Ludgate
  Londonia Stationer, machinans et malitiose intendens Willielmum
  Scroggs militem Capitalem Justiciarium domini regis ad placita
  coram ipso rege tenenda assignatum scandalizare et ipsum Capitalem
  Justiciarium in hüs quæ ipsum Capitalem Justiciarium et officium
  suum judicialem tangunt et authoritatem dicti domini regis in
  odium et contemptum ducere, vicesimo die Octobris anno regni
  domini nostri Caroli Secundi, Dei gratia Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ et
  Hiberniæ Regis Fidei Defensoris &c. tricesimo primo, apud parochiam
  Sancti Martini Ludgate prædictam in Warda de Farringdon extra
  Londoniam, quoddam falsum malitiosum infamosum scandalosum et
  odiosum libellum intitulatum _A Satyr against In-justice: or Sc--gs
  upon Sc--gs._ in manibus suis obtinuit in quoquidem libello (inter
  alia) continetur prout sequitur in hac verba _Some hungry Priests
  he_ (prædictum Capitalem Justiciarium innuendo) _once did fell
  With mighty Stroaks, and them to Hell Sent furiously away, Sirs.
  Would you know why? The reason's plain; They had no English nor
  French Coyn To purchase longer Stay, Sirs. The Pope, to Purgatory
  sends Who neither Money have (nor Friends;) In this he's not alone,
  Sirs. Our Judge_ (prædictum Capitalem Justiciarium innuendo) _to
  Mercy's not inclin'd, Unless Gold change Conscience and Mind,
  You are infallibly gone, Sirs_. Et prædicta Jana Curtice sciens
  libellum prædictum fore scandalosum et infamosum libellum postea
  scilicet dicto vicesimo die Octobris anno supradicto apud Londoniam
  prædictam in parochia et warda prædictis idem libellum publicavit

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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