A briefe replie to a certaine odious and slanderous libel, lately published by a seditious Iesuite, calling himselfe N.D. in defence both of publike enemies, and disloyall subiects, and entitled A temperate wardword, to Sir Francis Hastings turbulent Watchword wherein not only the honest, and religious intention, and zeale of that good knight is defended, but also the cause of true catholike religion, and the iustice of her Maiesties proceedings against popish malcontents and traitors, from diuers malitious imputations and slanders cleered, and our aduersaries glorious declamation answered, and refuted by O.E. defendant in the challenge, and encounters of N.D. Hereunto is also added a certaine new challenge made to N.D. in fiue encounters, concerning the fundamentall pointes of his former whole discourse: together with a briefe refutation of a certaine caluminous relation of the conference of Monsieur Plessis and Monsieur d'Eureux before the French king ...

Abstract

O.E. = Matthew Sutcliffe; N.D. = Robert Parsons. A reply to: Parsons, Robert. A temperate ward-word, to the turbulent and seditious Wach-word of Sir Francis Hastinges knight. The "calumnious relation of the conference" is the first edition of "A relation of the triall made before the King of France, upon the yeare 1600 betweene the Bishop of Eureux, and the L. Plessis Mornay" by Robert Parsons. "A new challenge made to N.D." and "A briefe refutation of a certaine calumnious relation" each have separate dated title page and pagination; register is continuous. P. 239 misnumbered 237. The last leaf is blank. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. Lacking first p. 81-82; p. 70-97 from Folger Shakespeare Library copy added at end.