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THE

PROSE WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON;

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

INTERSPERSED WITH

TRANSLATIONS AND CRITICAL REMARKS,

BY

CHARLES SYMMONS, D.D.

OF JESUS COLLEGE, Oxford.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. VI.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY STRAHAN AND PRESTON, PRINTERS' STREET,

FOR J. JOHNSON; NICHOLS AND SON; F. AND C. RIVINGTON;
OTRIDGE AND SON; T. PAYNE; OGILVY AND SON; CUTHELL
AND MARTIN; VERNOR AND HOOD; R. LEA; J. WALKER;
CLARKE AND SON; J. STOCKDALE; LACKINGTON AND CO.;
LONGMAN AND CO.; CADELL AND DAVIES; J. HARDING;
R. H. EVANS; J. MAWMAN; J. HATCHARD; AND MATHEWS
AND LEIGH.

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ERRATA,

VOL. VI.

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362 to 447 The running title should be Second Defence of the People of

England.

363....20 The comma should be after himself, not after English.

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LITERÆ

OLIVERII PROTECTORIS

NOMINE SCRIPTÆ.

Comiti OLDENBURGICO.

Illuftriffime Domine;

Per literas veftras Januarii die vigefimo 1654 datas, cer tior fum factus, nobilem virum Fridericum Matthiam Wolifogum fecretarium veftrum, et Chriftophorum Griphiandrum, cum certis mandatis ab illuftriffima dignitate vestra in Angliam miffos fuiffe. Qui cùm ad nos acceffiffent, et fufceptam Anglicanæ reipublicæ adminiftrationem nobis veftro nomine gratulati funt; et uti vos veftráque ditio in hanc pacem, quam cum fœderatis Belgii ordinibus proxime fecimus, affumeremini: ut denique falvam-guardiam illam quam vulgo vocant, à parlamento nuper vobis conceffam, noftra nunc authoritate confirmaremus, petiverunt: ob iftam itaque gratulationem tam amicam maximas, ut æquum eft, gratias agimus: et illa duo poftulata libenter conceffimus; nulli etiam occafioni in pofterum defuturi, quæ ftudium in vos noftrum poterit ullo tempore declarare. Idque ex fupradictis oratoribus veftris pleniùs vos arbitror intellecturos; quorum fides, ac diligentia, in hoc vestro apud nos negotio præclarè conftitit. Quod reliquum est, vobis, rebufque veftris felicitatem, atque ex voto pacem omnem exopto.

Westmonafterio, Jun. 27, 1654.

Illuftriffimæ dignitatis veftræ ftudiofiffimus,
OLIVERIUS, Angliæ, Scotia, Hiberniæ, &c.
Protector.

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