books.google.co.uk - John Donne published Pseudo-Martyr in 1610, at a moment of extreme political tension between London and Rome. It was an attempt to convince English Roman Catholics that they could remain loyal to the spiritual authority of Rome and still take the oath of allegiance to the British Crown and avoid persecution....http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Pseudo_martyr.html?id=NrG1Un_7a7cC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePseudo-martyr