Excerpt from Martin Marprelate, the Epistle: September-November 1588 The original, from which the following tract is re printed, is a small quarto volume, in black letter, of 52 pages. There are several tracts which bear the general title of Martin mar-prelate, Martin Senior, Martin Junior, 8zc., but this, which is the Epistle, and another, called the Epitome, founded together, arising probably from the similarity of appearance in the titles, the first paragraph in each being exactly alike, and the second very similar, though in other respects they differ; and, whereas the Epis tle was printed oversea, the Epitome (which is a continuation of the Epistle) was Printed on the other hand of some of the Priests, both without (late, though it must have been towards the end of 1588, which may be collected from several circumstances mentioned in the tracts themselves; and, from the appearance of the type, they were most probably printed by Richard Schilders, at Middleburgh, in Zea land. Another reason, perhaps, why these two tracts are so frequently confounded together, may arise from both having been written against the same work, namely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.