“But it must be understood that the inquisitors (if one may say so) made a rather imperfect classification under these heads. For the authors Aventinus, Erasmus, Palingenius, Bruciolus, etc., were placed in the first class, whereas they belong rightly in the second; and on the other hand, Adolphus Metkerchus, Lavinus Lemnius, and others, who ought to be in the first class, are placed in the second. And the third class, which should consist of doubtful works, contains a good many known authors whose names and surnames are clear as day to any one looking at the title-pages with one eye. This appears plainly, for example, in the case of two books, _Bello Papali_, and another of which the title is, _Beliae, sive consolatio peccatorum_. “Secondly, it ought to be clear to everybody that books prohibited by the _pontificii_ (_i. e._ the Congregation of the Index, acting as the representatives of the Pope) ought to be sought with the more zeal and read with the greater avidity. For what the papists prohibit, God grants for our use and benefit, and the memory of those condemned by our adversaries is and should be blessed, since their names are doubtless inscribed in the Book of Life. “Thirdly, a star(*) indicates editions or authors hitherto contained in the _Bibliotheca Oxoniensis_, which is to be set down as our gain since we need take no further trouble to make them known. “Fourthly, the Greek letter denotes authors of the second class (almost all _pontificii_) who (unless they are emended and expurgated as the Indexes direct) set forth more clearly than the noonday sun the very doctrine of the Protestants, so that the _pontificii_ do not venture even to mutter against it. This is doubtless the work of God’s finger and of the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, who armed Midianite against Midianite, to their mutual slaughter. “Fifthly, we have arranged all authors of whatever class in strict alphabetical order. Their names cannot be found so easily in the _Sandovillian_ or _Roman Index_, in comparison with which other Indexes are rubbish.