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

"Cannot a poore mistaken title scape,

"But thou must that unto thy Tumbrell scrape?"

and he subsequently adds four of the smoothest lines in his volume:

"So have I seene the March wind strive to fade

"The fairest hewe that art or nature made:

"So envy still doth barke at cleareste shine,

"And strives to staine heroyick acts devine."

The dedication to Good Opinion is subscribed W. K., the initials of William Kinsayder, the name under which Marston published his earlier productions.[6]

From the licentious character of this book the prelates Whitgift and Bancroft ordered its suppression and destruction soon after its appearance.