Animadversions upon the remonstrants Defence, against Smectymnuus.

Animadversions upon the remonstrants Defence, against Smectymnuus.

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.

[2], 44, 49-68 p. ; (4to)

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.

Text continuous despite pagination.

G2.3 are cancelled and text and signature of G2 transferred to G4. Cf. Coleridge.

With a comma after "defence" in line 4 of title. Variant: comma after "defence" omitted.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "written by mr John Milton".

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), M2089
Grolier. Wither to Prior, 558
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.166[11]
Shawcross, J. Milton, 47
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library, 2
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R12836

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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Bound with "A defence of the humble remonstrance against the frivilous and false exceptions of Smectymnuus..." (London, 1641); Provenance: Harmsworth copy

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