Th. Naogeorgi

So that they may inquire into heretics, and condemn those who are suspect.
Who, just as they are wicked and haters of the Thunderer God,
So they cannot but also condemn all the most upright things
As heresy, and render true things suspect.
I believe these are also the tailors of this Index,
Just as before they wove others with similar fury.
If Cerberus were to extinguish all of them with a decree,
Just as he extinguished the masters of the Temple one by one,
He would consult far better for both the faith and himself.
For who, being prudent, even a plowman of the fields, will want to bear
That everything should be carried back and forth again by monks,
And that the life and faith of all should be treated
At their whim? And that they should vex the pious through kingdoms with wantonness?

Therefore Printers, since he has brought forth signs of great fury
In the Index: since he also harms friends in this way,
And his own supporters, and declares a fierce war
On studies and arts, relying on the idle help of monks:
Let everyone mock him, let no one obey the raging beast,
And you will sell yours with a greater volume of profit.

I myself marvel, why in such great light poured out over all
Nations, he dares to show a hardened face,
And wants to mock a sensible world?
He condemns Bibles edited with study and sagacious care
In various places, and most beautifully, and according to the very
Norm of truth and the first exemplars themselves,
In which Momus the personification of blame or mockery himself could find nothing to criticize.
You also (as we are wont to call) the new Testaments