EDMUND (1600-1666).-Puritan Divine, _b._ in London, and _ed._ at Camb., was one of the principal authors of a famous controversial work bearing the title _Smectymnuus_, made up of the initials of the various writers, and _pub._ in 1641 in reply to Bishop Hall's _Divine Right of Episcopacy_. His other chief work is _The Godly Man's Ark_