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  • The last of the Marprelate tracts, _The Protestacyon of Martin Marprelate_, was printed at Haseley, near Warwick, about September 1589.

    A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901

  • He is not like “Martin Marprelate”, the pseudonymous author of anti-ecclesiastical polemics.

    Shakespeare Controversies 2010

  • "Marprelate" books, and declared that he had never written or published anything which could be offensive to her Majesty or detrimental to the state.

    Books Fatal to Their Authors 1892

  • His first Catalogue contains some curious Articles in the departments of Demonology and Witchcraft; a few varieties belonging to the "Marprelate" class such as "Penri's

    Notes and Queries, Number 04, November 24, 1849 Various

  • Marprelate, thanks for engaging in strategic speculation which is much more fun than the usual Obama v Clinton debates that every thread seems to become.

    Edwards Endorsement Meeting With Obama Canceled 2009

  • Mira had tens of folders with lists of things like the various arrangements of The Canterbury Tales, the order of items in the Martin Marprelate controversy, or the dates of all editions of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity and The Anatomy of Melancholy.

    The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977

  • Mira had tens of folders with lists of things like the various arrangements of The Canterbury Tales, the order of items in the Martin Marprelate controversy, or the dates of all editions of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity and The Anatomy of Melancholy.

    The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977

  • Mira had tens of folders with lists of things like the various arrangements of The Canterbury Tales, the order of items in the Martin Marprelate controversy, or the dates of all editions of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity and The Anatomy of Melancholy.

    The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977

  • Controversy, 'which appeared in 1895, contains a list of the more important tracts connected with that subject; and you will find Mr.W. Pierce's' Historical Introduction to the Marprelate Tracts '(1908) useful.

    The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

  • Some collectors will have those that deal with Parliamentary proceedings, some specialise in the Marprelate and No Popery tracts, some in the Satires of the Restoration journalists, whilst others will gather Pasquinades,

    The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

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