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

"Et ulterius idem attornatus dicti domini regis nunc generalis pro eodem domino rege dat curiæ hic intelligi et informari quod Henricus Nevill alias dictus Henricus Payne postea scilicet dicto decimo die Januarii anno regni dicti domini regis nunc tricesimo supradicto apud parochiam Sanctæ Margarettæ Westmonasterii prædictum in dicto comitatu Middlesexiæ sciens prædictam falsum fictum malitiosum scandalosum libellosum et seditiosum libellum fore falsum malitiosum scandalosum et seditiosum libellum adtunc et ibidem falso illicite injuste nequiter malitiose scandalose et seditiose diversis ligeis subditis dicti domini regis publicavit et publicari causavit in contemptum legum hujus regni Angliæ manifestum In malum et pernitiosissimum exemplum omnium aliorum in tali casu delinquentium ac contra pacem dicti domini regis nunc coronam et dignitatem suas &c."[193]

A manuscript copy of these verses is preserved in the British Museum Library, written on the back of a printed paper, entitled "The answer of Coleman's Ghost to H. N.'s Poetick Offering." Nevill is there called a Priest, but in the preceding information he is merely styled "Gentleman."

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An account of the growth of popery and arbitrary Government in England; more particularly from the long prorogation of November, 1675, ending the 15th of February, 1676, till the last meeting of Parliament the 16th of July, 1677. By Andrew Marvell. Amsterdam. 1677.

This pamphlet which traces the intrigues of the Court of England with that of France, made a great impression on the nation. A reward was offered in the Gazette for the discovery of the author.

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A seasonable argument to persuade all the Grand juries in England, to petition for a New Parliament; Or, a List of the Principal Labourers in the Great Design of Popery and Arbitrary Power, who have betrayed their Country to the Conspirators, and bargained with them to maintain a standing army in England, under the Command of the Bigotted Popish Duke; who, by the assistance of the Lord Lauderdale's Scotch Army, the Forces in Ireland, and those in France, hopes to bring all back to Rome. By Andrew Marvell. Amsterdam. 1677.

A reward was offered by Proclamation to such as would discover the author of this book. It is printed at length in Marvell's Works (ed. Thompson, 1776, Vol. 2, p. 555), also in Cobbett's Parliamentary History, Vol. 4, Appendix, p. xxii.

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To all the Royalists that suffered for His Majesty: and to all the rest of the good people of England, the Humble Apologie of the English Catholicks.