Animadversions upon the remonstrants Defence, against Smectymnuus.

People / Organizations

• John Milton (Author)

Imprint

London: printed [by Gregory Dexter and Richard Oulton?] for Thomas Underhill, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible in Woodstreet, 1641.

Publication year

1641-1641

ESTC No.

R12836

Grub Street ID

60986

Description

[2], 44, 49-68 p. ; 4⁰

Note

A reply, by John Milton, to: Hall, Joseph. A defence of the humble remonstrance, against the frivolous and false exceptions of Smectymnuus.

This is the third of Milton's pamphlets written in support of the five Protestant ministers in the Smectymnuus controversy.

Smectymnuus is a pseudonymn composed of the initials of the authors who used it, viz. Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomen, and William Spurstowe.

Printer's names conjectured by Coleridge.