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

And none t' escape, from the Peasant to the Peer;

Nay Sacred Prelates, Princes, Queens, and Kings,

Should have made up my Bloody Offerings.

Ten thousand more of Innocents had dy'd,

'Cause I King, Queen, and Duke had Sacrificed:

Cities and Towns I'd Fir'd, if not withstood,

And quench'd the flames with Innocent Blood.

Let me but live in this world three years more,

This Island then shall swim in Christian gore;

I'le subvert Governments, and murder Kings,