Smectymnus, a name compounded of the initials of the following five divines: Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomen, and William Spurstow, joint-authors of An Answer (1641) to Bishop Hall's Humble Remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament (1641), in defence of the liturgy and episcopal government. Of the five authors, the chief was Thomas Young, Milton's tutor.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 515
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