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OR A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL BOOKS PRINTED OR PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND, WHICH HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED, OR BURNT BY THE COMMON HANGMAN, OR CENSURED, OR FOR WHICH THE AUTHORS, PRINTERS, OR PUBLISHERS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED.
Published by BURT FRANKLIN 235 East 44th St., New York, N.Y. 10017 Originally Published: 1872-1878 Reprinted: 1969 Printed in the U.S.A. This book is complete in five parts ending at numbered page 290.
Library of Congress Card Catalog No.: 76-80250 Burt Franklin: Bibliography & Reference Series 302
Page Part I 3 Part II 67 Part III 131 Part IV 195 Part V 243
OR A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL BOOKS PRINTED OR PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND, WHICH HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED, OR BURNT BY THE COMMON HANGMAN, OR CENSURED, OR FOR WHICH THE AUTHORS, PRINTERS, OR PUBLISHERS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED.
LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE.
_The object of this work, which at present it is believed is sufficiently indicated by the title, will be more fully explained in the preface, which cannot as yet conveniently be printed. It is not possible to estimate the exact extent of the work, but it will be included in one moderately sized volume, published in parts of similar size and price to that now issued._
A SUPPLICACYON for the Beggers. (Compiled by Simon Fyshe, ANNO MCCCCCXXIIII.)
This book gave considerable uneasiness to Cardinal Wolsey, who was personally attacked in it, and sought by every means to discover and punish its author. It was prohibited by a proclamation issued in June, 1530. An account of Simon Fish, "a zealous man for the reformation of abuses in the church" will be found in Wood's Athenæ Oxonienses and Tanner's Biblioth. Britan.