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it. Unable at that time to locate
its authorship - the legend runs -
that - the government hung, drew
and quartered, R "Doleman" the
publisher, burnt such copies of
the work as they could put
their hands upon, and made
it high treason to possess a
copy of the book hence its comparative
rarity today. & its high price when it comes into the market.

We now know
that it was the joint production
of Sir Francis Inglefield, Cardinal
Allen, and that brilliant and
most capable of Jesuit priests -
Robert Parson - "the lightening change
variety artist" of the church stage
of that troublesome time. He
was not only an active conspirator,
but a most zealous priest, and
is credited with much preaching,

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