A Character of the Province of Maryland / Described in four distinct parts; also a small Treatise on the Wild and Naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Maryland, their customs, manners, absurdities, and religion; together with a collection of historical letters.

by George Alsop

That liv’d in Nero’s time: Oh how their cries

Would our perfidious Island shake, nay rend,

With clamorous screaks unto the Heaven send:

Oh how they’d blush to see our Crimson crimes,

And know the Subjects Authors of these times:

When as the Peasant he shall take his King,

And without cause shall fall a murthering him;

And when that’s done, with Pride assume the Chair,

And Nimrod-like, himself to heaven rear;

Command the People, make the Land Obey