A true state of the difference between Sir George Rook, Knt. and William Colepeper, Esq
Subtitle: together with an account of the tryal of Mr. Nathanael Denew, Mr. Robert Britton, and Mr. John Merriam, before the Right Honourable Sir John Holt... on an indictment for the designs and attempts therein mentioned against the life of the said William Colepeper on behalf of the said Sir George Rook. Part I.
Publisher: Printed: and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster.
Published: 1704
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Elections
Notes: Dedication "To the Right Honourable Sir John Holt..." subscribed: W. Colepeper.

Morgan G160, Moore 84: attrib. to Defoe; Part I published 18 Aug., Part II apparently never pub. (Morgan D456: lst ed. 1701 [?])

Colepeper's side of the ongoing quarrel between C. and Rooke is recited, including mention of the Kentish Petition & Sir Thomas Hales, the Parliamentary election 1701, the principals who took up R.'s case (namely Denew, Britton, Merriam, Edward Knatchbul, George Scott, Sir Jacob Banks), Colepeper's petition to the Queen on Defoe's behalf, an account of the trial in Queen's Bench 14 Feb 1703/4; briefly contrasts (the Whig general) Marlborough with (the Tory admiral) Rooke.