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

I've caus'd the best of Innocents to dye.

See where their Ghosts appear in purple ray'd,

Victims, by Perjury above betray'd:

See how they shake their Heads, and bleed afresh;

Their wounds gape wide in their new murder'd flesh;

And these most frightful Visions come, 'cause I

Th' bloody villanous Murderer stand by.

'Tis true that I the cruel Murderer am,

And thousands more by Perjury to trepan.

I solemnly did vow, and often swear,