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BILSON, THOMAS. The True Difference betweene Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion. [24], 820, [9] pages. Mostly printed in black letter. 4to, 219x158 mm, modern boards, lacking backstrip; contents dampstained in lower outer corners, contemporary underscoring throughout and marginalia mainly toward beginning and on last leaf, title creased with 2 small holes in blank area, last index leaf dampstained, torn with partial text loss, and partly adhered to contemporary stiff wrapper bound in. Oxford: Joseph Barnes, 1585
first edition of a dialogue between a Catholic and an Anglican on civil and sacred authority. "Bilson rejected both the pope's deposing power and the election of church ministers while supporting the political resistance of protestants on the continent" (ODNB). STC 3071.
