Of prelatical episcopacy : and vvhether it may be deduc'd from the apostolical times by vertue of those testimonies which are alledg'd to that purpose in some late treatises: one whereof goes under the name of Iames Arch-Bishop of Armagh·.

Of prelatical episcopacy : and vvhether it may be deduc'd from the apostolical times by vertue of those testimonies which are alledg'd to that purpose in some late treatises: one whereof goes under the name of Iames Arch-Bishop of Armagh·.

London : Printed by R[ichard]. O[oulton]. & G[regory]. D[exter]. for Thomas Underhill, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible, in Wood-Street, 1641.

[4], 24 p. ; (4to)

Anonymous. By John Milton.

The second of Milton's pamphlets written in support of the five Protestant ministers in the Smectymnuus controversy.

Printer's and publisher's names from Wing CD.

The first leaf is blank.

Running title reads: Of prelaticall episcopacy.

Variant 1 (Shawcross 54): with "testmonies" in title. Variant 2: line five of title has "vvhither".

Annotation on Thomason copy: "By 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), M2133
Shawcross, J. Milton, 54, 55
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.164[19]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23425

Great Britain -- England -- London.

133- 154q

-Blank. T.p. detached. Provenance: Harmsworth copy