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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"_Ralph._ Why brother _Roger_? Art thou of so shallow capacity as
thou makest thyselfe to be? Have patience pray, and rather finde
fault with the Printer than with the thing printed, or rather with
him which set the Printer on worke than with the Printer himselfe,
these times are corrupted, for why? corrupt men have ruled us here
in this Land.
"Here could _Roger_ hold no longer, but like to a Beardog, he
yawnes, and barkes, and bawles, saying,
"_Roger._ In sincerity brother _Ralph_, thou doest not know what an
urging this is to me, see what a vile mishapen monster it is, this
_Et cætera_, God blesse us! is a Limbe of the Devill;" &c., &c.
And it concludes thus:--
"Well, these two Zealous Brothers had dranke so long together that
they played the beasts, like a couple of drunken rogues, &c., and
then they must needs quarrell, and make themselves and Religion
in them to be scoffed egregiously, and indeed it is an ancient
proverbe, _When theeves fall out, true men come by their goods_.
"It chanced that Roger gave Ralph some words in his drinke, which
did not very well please him, which made Ralph break out beyond the
bounds of modesty, and told him that he was a dissembling knave,
and that he could prove him so, for said Ralph, _Is it not the
part of a knave to carry another man's wife so far as Banbury in
Oxfordshire, and there to live with her, and keep her as your owne
wife? fie, fie, for shame_.
"_Nay_, said Roger, _hic-up, if you go to that, hic-up, you are as
arrant a knave as my selfe, hic-up, for do you remember, you Slave
you, how you wisht your wife in the Low Countries, to say, that
you were her brother, because she was fair, and that it might be
said that you imitated Abraham, when he was a good man, whereas
thou art a stinking Rogue._
"Thus they brawled, and scolded, and scolded, and brawled, till
they fell asleep, in which pickle I left them."
77.
The order and course of passing Bills in Parliament. 1641.
On June 3rd, 1641, the House of Commons referred to the Committee
concerning printing, the consideration of the printing of this
book, and they were to report to the House what they thought fit
to be done therein; and to send for the printer thereof, and the
parties who conceived themselves to be prejudiced by that false
copy.[52]
A copy is preserved in the British Museum Library.
78.
The true relation of the French Ambassage. 1641.
On July 12th, 1641, the House of Commons ordered that the printing
of this pamphlet be referred to the Committee for printing,
where Sir Edward Dering had the chair; and on the 18th November
following, it was further ordered that Alsop the printer should be
summoned to attend and answer such matters as should be objected
against him concerning the printing of this pamphlet, and that some
course was to be considered for preventing inordinate printing for
the future.[53]
79.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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