Hypocrisie unmasked
Subtitle: by a true relation of the proceedings of the governour and company of the Massachusets against Samuel Gorton (and his accomplices) a notorious disturber of the peace and quiet of the severall governments wherein he lived: with the grounds and reasons thereof, examined and allowed by their Generall Court holden at Boston in New-England in November last, 1646. Together with a particular answer to the manifold slanders, and abominable falshoods which are contained in a book written by the said Gorton, and entituled, Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy, &c. Discovering to the view of all whose eyes are open, his manifold blasphemies; as also the dangerous agreement which he and his accomplices made with ambitious and treacherous Indians, who at the same time were deeply engaged in a desperate conspiracy to cut off all the rest of the English in the other plantations. VVhereunto is added a briefe narration (occasioned by certain aspersions) of the true grounds or cause of the first planting of New-England; the president of their churches in the way and worship of God; their communion with the reformed churches; and their practise towards those that dissent from them in matters of religion and Church-government
By: By Edw. Winslow. Published by authority..
Contributors: Gorton, Samuel, 1592 or 1593-1677; Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683; Winthrop, John, 1588-1649; Arnold, William, 1587-1675; Massachusetts. Governor (1629-1633 : Winthrop); British Library. Department of Printed Books
Publisher: printed by Rich. Cotes for John Bellamy at the Three Golden Lions in Cornhill, neare the Royall Exchange
Published: 1647
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: History; Massachusetts. General Court; Massachusetts
Other titles: Hypocrisy unmasked
Notes: Actual publication date inferred from wording in title: "November last, 1646".

A reply to: Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy / by Samuel Gorton, printed in London, 1646.

Contains two letters from Samuel Gorton and "his accomplices", a letter from Roger Williams to Governor John Winthrop, and two letters from the inhabitants of Providence, including one of William Arnold.

"A particvlar answer to the manifold slanders and abominable falsehoods contaied in a book, called Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy", pages 63-103, one of whose running titles is: S. Gortons abuse of M. Cotton and M. Ward answered.

Signatures: A-O⁴ (F3 missigned A3) (A1, O4 versos blank).

Errata: page 103.

Title printed within ornamental woodcut border; head pieces; initials.

Vail, R.W.G. Voice of the old frontier, 107

Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 477

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 (2nd ed. 1994), W3037

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, II: page 349

European Americana, 646/157

English short title catalogue, R204435

Purchase; 1846; 0211.