The plots of Jesuites (viz. of Robert Parsons an English-man, Adam Contzen a Moguntine, Tho. Campanella a Spaniard, &c.) how to bring England to the Romane religion without tumult. Translated out of the original copies - Contzen, Adam 1571-1635 (Printed for Mich. Spark at the Blue Bible in Green Arbor, London, 1653)
"The stationer to the reader" signed "Mich. Spark" (the compiler?). - Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb: 1st". - Contains an excerpt of book 2, chapters 18-19 of "Politicorum libri decem" by Contzen, an excerpt of "De monarchia Hispanica discursus" by Campanella, and an excerpt of "A conference about the next succession to the crowne of Ingland .. by R. Doleman". R. Doleman = William Allen, Sir Francis Englefield, and others. "Robert Persons [Parsons], who is often credited with sole authorship of the work, probably played only a small part in its composition or revision"--Halkett & Laing (3rd ed.). - Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - The authors' names are bracketed together on title page. - Thomason, E.715[19]. - Wing (2nd ed.), P2603