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

To stop the growth of Popery;

And undermining Church and State,

Rome's Practices we'll Antedate;

The better to prevent the PLOT,

Ourselves will do what they cou'd not.

We'll cure all fear of French Invasion,

By ruining at home the Nation.

And since Petitions do no good,

And all our Tricks are understood:

Since He who never us'd to fail,