The Puritan spirit was now widespread in England .
Whetstone followed spirit 's dictates in his prose tract A Mirour for Magestrates ( 1584 ) , which in a second edition was called A Touchstone for the Time .
The Puritan spirit was now widespread in England , and Whetstone followed its dictates in his prose tract A Mirour for Magestrates ( 1584 ) , which in a second edition was called A Touchstone for the Time .