Milton, John. Animadversions upon the remonstrants Defence, against Smectymnuus

ESTC number: R12836
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]
Folger bibliographic ID: 134248
Grolier. Wither to Prior: 558
Shawcross, J. Milton: 47
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library: 2
Wing number: M2089
Folger call number: 132- 842q item 3
Folger holdings ID: 126064
Accession Number: 132842.3

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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"

Item information about Folger 132- 842q item 3

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

Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. Defence of the humble remonstrance, against the frivolous and false exceptions of Smectymnuus Episcopacy Great Britain Smectymnuus

author: Milton, John, 1608-1674
subject: Smectymnuus
former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, (Robert Leicester), 1870-1937