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

by W. H. Hart

"Let provok't Princes send them all to you.

"Your State a Chaos be, where not the Law;

"But Power, your lives and liberties may awe.

"No Subject 'mongst you keepe a quiet brest,

"But each man strive through blood to be the best;

"Till for those Miseries on us yo've brought,

"By your own sword, our just revenge be wrought.

"To summe up all—let your Religion be,

"As your Allegiance, mask't hypocrisie.

"Untill when Charles shall be compos'd in dust,