Reasons humbly offer'd for a law to enact the castration of popish ecclesiastics : as the best way to prevent th e [sic] growth of popery in England·.

London : Printed, and are to be sold by A. Baldwin in Warwicklane, 1700.

26, [2] p. ; (4to)

Attributed by Wing to Daniel Defoe. Also cf. Moore Smith, G.C. An unrecognized work of Defoe's? In the Review of English studies, v. 5, no. 17, p. 64-66.

The last leaf is blank.

Identified as Wing D843 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 179.

NNUT reports the final word of line 7 "th". Possible variant.

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), D843aA
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R7912

Great Britain -- England -- London.

134- 604.9q

Bound with "Treaty betwixt the most Christian King ... for settling the succession of the crown of Spain ..." (London, 1700). Lacking all after p. 20. Manuscript "4" and "9" on t.p., in two different hands. Provenance: cropped (illegible) inscription on t.p.; bookplate of Baron Calthorpe