The danger of tolerating Levellers in a civill state: or, An historicall narration of the dangerous pernicious practices and opinions, wherewith Samuel Gorton and his Levelling accomplices so much disturbed and molested the severall plantations in New-England
Subtitle: (parallel to the positions and proceedings of the present Levellers in Old-England:) wherein their severall errors dangerous and very destructive to the peace both of church and state, their cariage and reviling language against magistracy and all civill power, and their blasphemous speeches against the holy things of God: together, with the course that was there taken for suppressing them, are fully set forth; with a satisfactory answer to their complaints made to the Parliament
By: By Edw. Winslow of Plymouth in New-England..
Contributors: Gorton, Samuel, 1592 or 1593-1677; Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683; Winthrop, John, 1588-1649; Arnold, William, 1587-1675; Massachusetts. Governor (1629-1633 : Winthrop)
Publisher: Printed by R. Cotes for J. Bellamy at the Three Golden Lions in Corn-Hill, neare the Royall Excnage
Published: 1649
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Levellers; History; Massachusetts. General Court; Massachusetts
Other titles: Danger of tolerating Levellers in a civill state; Danger of tolerating Levellers in a civil state; Historicall narration of the dangerous pernicious practices and opinions, wherewith Samuel Gorton and his Levelling accomplices so much disturbed and molested the severall plantations in New-England; Historical narration of the dangerous pernicious practices and opinions, wherewith Samuel Gorton and his Levelling accomplices so much disturbed and molested the several plantations in New-England
Work titles: Hypocrisie unmasked
Notes: Consists of the same sheets (with dedicatory letter omitted and leaf of contents added) as his: Hypocrisie unmasked, printed in London, 1647.

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: A² (A1 verso blank) B-O⁴ (O4 verso blank).

Errata: page 103.

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

Vail, R.W.G. Voie of the old frontier, 116

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), W3035

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, II: pages 392-393

European Americana, 649/130

English short title catalogue, R33679

Purchase; 1846; 0429.