A. _As a separate publication_.
2. [?1687? Edinburgh.] 8vo. The First Blast of the Trumpet against the
monstrous Regimen[t] of Women.
4. 15. Aug. 1878. Southgate London N. _English Scholar’s Library_.
The present impression.
B. _With other Works_.
1846-1848. Edinburgh. 8vo. _Bannatyne Club_. The Works of JOHN KNOX.
Collected and edited by DAVID LAING. In 6 Vols. A special and limited
edition of 112 copies of the First Two Volumes was struck off for this
Printing Club.
1846-1848. Edinburgh. 8vo. _Wodrow Club_. The same Two Volumes issued
to this Society.
1854-1864. Edinburgh. 8vo. The remaining Four Volumes published by Mr.
T. G. STEVENSON. The First Blast &c. is at Vol. iv. 349.
Early Replies to the First Blast etc.
1. 26 Apr. 1559. Strasburgh. 4to. [JOHN AYLMER, afterwards Bishop of
LONDON]. An Harborovve for faithfull and trewe subiectes, agaynst the
late blowne Blaste, concerninge the Gouernmente of VVemen wherin he
confuted all such reasons as a straunger of late made in that behalfe,
with a breife exhortation to Obedience. Anno. M.D. lix.
[This calling John Knox a “stranger” sounds to us like a piece of
impudence, but may bring home to us that Scotland was then to
Englishmen a foreign country.]
2. 1565-6. Antwerp. 8vo. PETRUS FRARINUS, M.A. Oration against the
Vnlawfull Insurrections of the Protestantes of our time, under the
pretence to refourme religion.
Made and pronounced in the Schole of Artes at Louaine, the xiiij of
December. Anno 1565. And now translated into English with the aduise of
the Author. Printed by JOHN FOWLER in 1566.
The references to KNOX and GOODMAN are at E. vj and F. ij. At the end
of this work is a kind of Table of Contents, each reference being
illustrated with a woodcut depicting the irightful cruelties with which
the Author in the text charges the Protestants. One woodcut is a
curious representation of GOODMAN and NOKES.
Doctor FULKE wrote a _Confutation_ of this work.
3. 1579. Paris. 8vo. DAVID CHAMBERS of Ormond. Histoire abregée de tous
les Roys de France, Angleterre et Escosse, etc. In three Parts, each
with a separate Title page.
The Third Part is dated 21 August 1573; is dedicated to CATHERINE DE
MEDICI; and is entitled
Discours de la legitime succession des femmes aux possessions de leurs
parens: et du gouernement des princesses aux Empires et Royaumes.
4. 1584. [Printed abroad]. 8vo. JOHN LESLEY, Bishop of ROSS. A treatise
towching the right, title and interest of the most Excellent Princesse
MARIE, Queen of Scotland, And of the most noble King JAMES, her Graces
sonne, to the succession of the Crowne of England. ... Compiled ahd
published before in Latin, and after in English. The Blast is alluded
to at C. 2.
5. 1590. [Never printed.] Lord HENRY HOWARD [created Earl of
NORTHAMPTON 13 March 1604.], a voluminous writer, but few of whose
writings ever came to the press.
A dutifull defence of the lawfull Regiment of women deuided into three
bookes. The first conteyneth reasons and examples grounded on the law
of nature. The second reasons and examples grownded on the Ciuile
lawes. The third reasons and examples grounded on the sacred lawes of
god with an awnswer to all false and friuolous obiections which haue
bene most vniustlie cowntenaunced with deceitfull coulores forced oute
of theis lawes in disgrace of their approued and sufficient authorytie.
_Lansd. MS_. 813 and _Harl. MS_. 6257.