Presented not only in English but also featuringrare Latin verses accompanied by a faithful new translation, this is thedefinitivevolume ofpoems of a neglected figure in sixteenth-century literature.Newtexts are offeredbased on the manuscripts that were circulated in secret among English CatholicsafterSouthwell's death, returning to the poems some of their original purpose of communicating forbidden theologies and doctrines among a criminalized and near-silenced readership of secret groups."