A discours apologetical; : wherein Lilies lewd and lowd lies in his Merlin or Pasqil for the yeer 1654. are cleerly laid open; his shameful desertion of his own cause is further discovered; his shameless slanders fullie refuted; and his malicious and murtherous mind, inciting to a general massacre of Gods ministers, from his own pen, evidentlie evinced. Together with an advertisement concerning two allegations produced in the close of his postscript. And a postscript concerning an epistle dedicatorie of one J. Gadburie. By Tho. Gataker B.D. autor [sic] of the annotations on Jer. 10.2 and of the vindication of them..
Gataker, Thomas,1574-1654.
Cole, William,1714-1782,former owner.StEdNL
London, : printed by R. Ibbitson for Thomas Newberry, at the three Lions in Cornhil, neer the Royal Exchange.,
1654..
The "advertisement" is largely an attack on Richard Carpenter.
Wing (2nd ed.)
Thomason
ESTC
Inscription on the title page "Wm Cole". Bookplate on the verso of the title page "Willm Cole Coll: Regal: Cantab: A. M." Marginalia in Cole's hand throughout the volume, one inscription dated 1751. Also, an index of names is begun on the back free endpaper.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681.
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704
Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654
Carpenter, Richard, -1670?