A suruay of the pretended holy discipline
Subtitle: Contayning the beginninges, successe, parts, proceedings, authority, and doctrine of it: with some of the manifold, and materiall repugnances, varieties and vncertaineties, in that behalfe
By: Faithfully gathered, by way of histiricall narration, out of the bookes and writinges, of principall fauourers of that platforme Anno 1593
Publisher: By Iohn Wolfe.
Published: 1593
Place of publication: Imprinted at London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Reformation; Controversial literature; Puritans; Church discipline; Church of England
Other titles: Survay of the pretended holy discipline
Notes: Following title are mottos in English and Latin.

Printer's device (McKerrow, Devices,no. 294) with the initials I.W. on title page.

Collation: *⁴ A-3M⁴ [$3 (-3B3, +2AC4) signed; E4 blank]

Errors in pagination, including: pages 144-145 printed 136-137; pages 188-189 not numbered; pages 257, 322, 365, 386 and 429 printed 156, 323, 395, 486 and 249.

In predominantly Roman type; some italic type.

Initials, some historiated; head and tail pieces.

Side notes.

Errata: p. 464 [i.e. 462] and p. [1] at end.

STC (2nd ed.) v.3 notes Thomas Scarlett apparently printed gatherings R-V and 2O-2R; Thomas Creede (with initials borrowed from Richard Field) printed 2K-2N, 3C-3E and 3I-3K.

STC (2nd ed.) 1352

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T318a, from unpublished "Supplement 2" in the Harvard Law School Library

Received March 5, 1947, accession no. 631346; Breslauer.

Bookplate of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry.

Ex libris Michael Murgatrod.

Early autograph of a John Donne does not appear to be that of the poet or his son; contemporary annotations.

Bound in contemporary limp vellum; '12' in ms. on spine. On flyleaf facing title page, signature: 'Micha. Murgetroyd 1593'. Price notation at head of title page; ms. letter 'A' at foot.