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Stubbs, John

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Stubbs, John (c.1543–90), also ‘Stubbe’, Puritan writer. In 1579 he published The Discovery of a Gaping Gulf, attacking Elizabeth I's proposed marriage with Francis, Duke of Anjou. Stubbs, his publisher and printer were all sentenced and the first two had their right hands cut off. He was subsequently commissioned by Lord Burghley to write a reply (1587, now lost) to W. Allen's Defence of the English Catholics (1584).

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Stubbs, John

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Stubbs, John (c.1541–90), published The Discoverie of a Gaping Gulf whereinto England Is Like to Be Swallowed (1579) against the Queen's marriage to the French king's brother, François, duc d'Alençon. For this he was imprisoned and had his right hand cut off.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Stubbs, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Stubbs, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-StubbsJohn.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Stubbs, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-StubbsJohn.html

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