A countercuffe giuen to Martin Iunior
By: by the venturous, hardie, and renowned Pasquill of England caualiero ; not of olde Martins making, which newlie knighted the saints in heauen, with rise vppe Sir Peter and Sir Paule, but lately dubd for his seruice at home in the defence of his countrey, and for the cleane breaking of his staffe vpon Martins face
Contributors: Martin, Junior; Martin Marprelate, pseud; Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, attributed name; Greene, Robert, 1558-1592, attributed name; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, attributed name; Charlewood, John, -1592, printer; McAlpin Collection of British History and Theology (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: Printed between the skye and the grounde, wythin a myle of an oake, and not manie fieldes off, from the vnpriuiledged presse of the ass-ignes of Martin Iunior [i.e. John Charlewood]
Published: 1589
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Marprelate controversy; Humor
Other titles: Countercuffe given to Martin Junior; Pasquill of England to Martin Iunior
Notes: Two variant states noted with textual variant on page 8.

Often attributed to Thomas Nash, but possibly by Robert Greene, Anthony Munday or the three of them together. Cf. Oxford DNB.

Fictitious imprint; actual imprint from STC.

Another printing of the same year has imprint "Printed betweene ... "; also spelling variations in title.

Signatures: A⁴.

Burke Library copy: last leaf damaged, affecting text; retained fragments contain evidence of the variant state, reading "Sixth of August" on page 8.

Burke Library copy: Inscribed on title page: WH p 1692 [i.e. William Herbert, Typographical Antiquities, page 1692]; inscribed on front endpaper: Thos. Jolly, 1809.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), S125739

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 19456

Pierce, Introd., p. 327; author anonymous

Pforzheimer, 650

Ames. Typographical Antiquities,