contumacious

epäkuuliainen contemptuous Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
1671, (w), “(w)” in The Poetical Works of John Milton, volume 4 (edited by Henry John Todd; published in 1801), http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4TE-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA505&dq=%2Bpr%C3%A6tense&hl=en&ei=r_e5TdL2OcqHhQe3waCKCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%2Bpr%C3%A6tense&f=false page 505:

The queen hears of it; takes occaſion to paſſe wher he is, on purpoſe, that, under prætense of reconſiling to him, or ſeeking to draw a kind retractation from him of the cenſure on the marriage; to which end ſhe ſends a courtier before, to ſound whether he might be perſuaded to mitigate his ſentence; which not finding, ſhe herſelf craftily aſſays; and, on his conſtancie, ſounds an accuſation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ſuch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ſome paſſion, and at laſt, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.

In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with: contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting.